Sarah Butland – Imagination Captured

Have you ever been driving down the street and became worried when someone started to cross the street while not at a cross walk. Often I wonder why they can’t walk the 5-10 feet it would take to reach the next legal crosswalk or missed the one 10-15 feet from where they came from. But […]

A very different way of telling a story in novel format, Lee literally tells us who S. is through the characters in [xxx] dreams. What’s different about this novel is that, like our dreams and nightmares, it doesn’t always make complete sense nor does it give enough details in relation to the characters. I did […]

Karen Dales and I met through Facebook, a great place for authors to meet and I love learning from each of them, especially Canadian authors, and supporting their work. I also love sharing them with you. So meet Karen Dales, author of The Chosen Chronicles – three perfect Halloween reads, Canadian author and wonderful person. […]

When one tries hard every day to make/ keep themselves in the public eye, wracking his/her brain for different ways to market their product it is such an amazing feeling when a surprise email comes in essentially praising you on your work and asking for help. A few weeks ago that’s what happened to me […]

On Monday, October 17 I went to Donald Fraser Memorial School with the New Brunswick Writers in the Schools Program (WISP) and felt so welcomed and warm inside at their acceptance and appreciation of me. I’ve never been to Plaster Rock, known for it’s large fiddleheads and pond hockey tournament, but am glad I did […]

I’m walking to support literacy (and being active) on October 23, 2011 in the Legs for Literacy fundraising event and in celebration of that I’m donating $1 from every ebook sale to that. That way you can buy a great book and support charity, a local author and your community. For your ebook version of […]

I delayed writing this post as I had big news to share with you and planned to have the details today. Unfortunately I do not so instead I’ll write my typical meanderings about life. 🙂 And you’ll need to wait for the fabulous surprise I have coming. For now… Canadian bookstores. They seem to be […]

If you know what I’m talking about you’re scrambling to decide your next novel so you can tackle the National Novel Writing Month with a reachable goal. I’ve decided to go a different route this year and I think you’ll like it. While you’re frantically writing your best seller your blog may be left without […]

We all do it. The package of gum in your purse, the magazine abandoned on your table, the chocolate bar you ate on the way home. We all know it, do it and feel guilty for it if even just for a few minutes. But do we need to be told we’re doing it when […]

A book that came to my attention as a result of being on the Giller Prize shortlist and having a newfound interest for reading short stories, I also found myself close to this book as the author is from my home province and his father, Alistair MacLeod, is a legend of a Canadian author. When […]