The Christmas Cabin won a book award!

Oct 1, 2023 | Blog

Hi friend, in case you haven’t yet heard the squeals of joy, my Christmas novella, The Christmas Cabin, recently won a book award! This is perfect timing, as the next novella is being published by Anaiah Press in November, so I hope you’ll indulge me just a little as...

Hope*story Conference!

Aug 22, 2023 | Blog

Hey friends, I’m delighted to announce I’ll be one of the workshop speakers at the upcoming hope*story conference in FLORIDA this January! Not only am I ecstatic to be trading Canadian snow for Sarasota sunshine, but I also have the joy of hanging out with other...

Books & Buns in Bath

Jul 26, 2023 | Blog

What does one do with a spare afternoon in England? Allow me to suggest BOOKS & BUNS IN BATH. While in the UK last month, Lyndon and I were able to slip away for a 4-hour stroll down Memory Lane in one of my favourite cities in the whole wide world! With a strong...

On, Marriage, Music, & Maui…

May 31, 2023 | Blog

Thirty-five years. How have we sailed three-and-a-half decades together on the ocean of life, all those years of marriage in our effervescent wake? After a magical Maui vacation celebrating our anniversary, here I sit in my white office chair at my overly-cluttered...

Six Spring Reads

Mar 28, 2023 | Blog

Hey fellow book lover, how do you choose your next read? Perhaps you’re a “mood reader” and rely on your emotions to lead you along the bookshelf, or perhaps you’re an organized “list queen” and follow your TBR (to-be-read) list to a T. Or perhaps you’re a “seasonal...

Waiting for the Write Time

Mar 2, 2023 | Blog

Anyone who knows me well will agree that patience is not exactly my shiniest virtue, and if you know anything about the writing world, you’ll be aware that it is not famous for its expeditiousness. It’s a life of perpetual waiting. But friend, I would like to...