Journal
Browse here for posts related to all aspects of my writing life including
events, news, travel, research, mythology, and musings.
A Win for LURE
I'm thrilled to announce that LURE: Jesse & Hawk just won a National Indie Excellence Award. I'm proud of LURE and how far it's come. It was the first book I ever completed way back in the early 1990s when I deep into Indigenous Studies at Trent University. I...
Listen & Fall in Love
Find them here at Kobo: Hollystone Mysteries LURE: Jesse & Hawk https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/series/hollystone-mysteries-2https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiobook/lure-14
Blessings this Spring Equinox
spring colour palette Happy Spring Equinox! I am a Spring. I was also born in the spring. Perhaps that's why I awaken at this time of year when birds call to their mates, creeks overflow their banks, and buds burst from branches. Years ago, when Carole Jackson first...
Singing & Soul-Searching with Sinead / Shuhada
I spent the last two nights reading Sinead O'Connor's 2021 memoir, Rememberings. I'm not going to write about all the things this amazing woman's said and done. You can pick up the book and read it yourself. What I will say is that I felt like I was listening to a...
A Little Lure Anniversary Love
First, let me say, I'm excited to announce that LURE is a finalist in the 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards in the Adult Fiction category. There were 155 entries and 58 finalists. Congratulations to my friend, JP McLean, who also made finalist with her supernatural...
ChatGPT Reviews My First Novel and Scores Big!
Alright. I had to do it, With all the hype about AI, and particularly, this bot, I had to see what it would say about my first novel, To Charm a Killer. As most people know, I'm a book reviewer, and I was curious how this new intelligent writer could help me out. Is...
