Recently we were banned from using a handheld device (cell phone) while driving in New Brunswick. A law I completely agree with but have to wonder why people are still allowed to smoke, put on lipstick, text while riding a bicycle, and so much more. But there are so many other distractions that happen while […]
Read by the Sea Has Me Thinking…
What a magnificent way to spend a beautiful summer day! Read by the Sea is an annual celebration of literacy in Canada and this year it brought home the likes of Johanna Skibsrub, recent Giller Prize winner for The Sentimentalists, who read after Alexander MacLeod, Shandi Mitchell and Richard B. Wright; three very impressive Canadian authors […]
Let Spelling Be
Disturbing is the idea, to me anyway, that Internet lingo is creating our new dictionaries as “words” like LOL do not have an official place amongst words established years ago by scholars and which are not abbreviations. Am I wrong in thinking this? How are people supposed to create a story, read a book, or […]
Away From Everywhere by Canadian Author Chad Pelley
Simply put – Away from Everywhere took me away from everything and back again. After hearing Chad Pelley himself read the first few pages of his book at the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick WordsSpring I was gripped and disappointed that his book had already sold out at the event. I added it immediately to […]
Deadlines Loom in Sickness and in Health
As sinus trouble brews in heads life does go on, bills still have payment dates and commitments are screaming to be fulfilled and yet the last thing I want to do when I’m this sick is think. Usually very healthy and optimistic, taking vitamins… regularly, er… more like when I think of it and can […]
Meet Magical Writer Anna L Walls
Anna L Walls is a constant blogger, a self-published author and a resident of Alaska. I met her through Facebook and, once again, glad that I did. Now you can have the pleasure of meeting her again. Anna, your website, http://annalwalls.weebly.com/, indicates you are passionate about fiction, magic, romance and trouble. Do you find these […]
Quirky Kids’ Zoo by Pat Brannon
With my son loving animals and being, well, quirky I knew this book would suit him well but didn’t know how much I would enjoy it. This children’s book takes its readers on a trip to a crazy zoo with polar bears wearing shoes, bats flying over cats and many more silliness you’ll need to […]
Lost in Plain Sight
I’ve been finding it very easy to lose things lately – important documents, direction, time, myself – and yet I know they all exist and are within reach. I keep thinking once I stop looking these will appear and yet I get frustrated when I cannot provide something when asked for it. I like to […]
Meet J Conrad Guest, Author of One Hot January
1. I was fortunate enough to win One Hot January by writing a letter to my eight-year-old self and being chosen from many entries. Are your Joe January novels in fact your own letter to your young self? A creative outlet in such regard? If not, do you mind sharing your own letter with us? […]
I Am Canadian and I Like It!
I often find myself apologizing or temporarily regretting that I live in Canada. When I am not included in a contest terms and conditions, when Jamie Oliver created his petition that only Americans could sign, when I need a passport to visit a country just south of me. When Harper was re-elected. But then I […]