A typical biography is boring and makes for a dull read. I attended a workshop recently where we were asked to write our own short biography but to jazz it up, make it something people want to read and so I did. I started writing it as I would want my obituary to read, in […]
Last night was one of firsts for me and I loved every minute of it. At the last minute I was encouraged to enter the WFNB – Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick Children’s Literature Contest which was targeted toward teenagers. Only a few weeks before the deadline I challenged myself to see what I could […]
Reading, writing, and encouraging others to do both have always been passions of mine so I was thrilled yesterday when it all came together beautifully once again. For Christmas I unwrapped a novel from an author I never heard of before – Erica Spindler. Apparently my parents have been reading her work for years and […]
If you know me at all you know how important the health of my son and everyone’s child is and thus I bring William to a local children’s gym called My Gym – which, by the way is a palindrome and very clever when you think of a child asking to go to “My Gym“. […]
BananaBoy is making a difference in Canada and you can help! I have recently created a petition for you to sign in support of bringing more healthy foods to our schools, just like Jamie is doing for the school’s in the United States. The support for Jamie Oliver’s newest petition to remove flavoured milks from […]
Second Wind Publishing and J. Conrad Guest held a contest involving writing a letter to your 8 year old self and I was just informed I won 2nd prize and an autographed copy of One Hot January! Read my entry below: Sarah Butland March 24, 2011 at 11:04 pm My oh so curious and innocent […]
November 27th is going to be a momentous day for me and I’m spending my days preparing to make it the best book launch I’ve had yet. Researching other book launches has thus far been unappealing. Bookmark giveaways are great if people are there, food being served will entice the hungry and newspapers have been […]
That’s right. After a few years, many editors and grueling hours not to mention much anticipation Arm Farm has been uploaded and a proof is due any day now. This is all thanks to my husband for staying up all hours of the night last night and getting to work early this morning to accomplish […]
The Law of Attraction worked wonderfully! When I heard that Live! With Regis and Kelly was coming to a neighbouring province of Prince Edward Island I knew I’d be on the show, I just didn’t know how. I wrote them about The Adventures Of Sammy, I sent them a copy of Sending You Sammy and […]
My son William has been gaining popularity steadily and is making me more proud every day. I have a lot of continuing supporters and new ones coming on board each and every day but the competition has amped up. Babies are making appearances quickly and are threatening to take the lead but we won’t let […]