Journal
Browse here for posts related to all aspects of my writing life including
events, news, travel, research, mythology, and musings.
Reading at Big Island Bookfest!!
Please come by and say hello to me at Big Island Bookfest on Saturday October 22nd. I'll be reading there too!
A Gold Satin Debra . . . wait . . . A Gold Satin Murder
I'm excited to introduce you to my friend and fellow mystery/crime writer, Debra Purdy Kong and her latest crime fiction. If I remember correctly, the "gold satin" has something to do with a thong. My my! I met Debra a few years ago at a Crime Writers of Canada event...
25th Anniversary: On Coming to Live in Beautiful B.C.
This is a true story. Twenty-five years ago today, on July 10, 1997, we left our home in Ontario for a new life in British Columbia. At the time, I was working as a domestic abuse counsellor in a transition house in Oshawa, Ontario. Bethesda House is still there,...
Thoughts on Texturizing your Fiction
This is a wonderful article for any writer, and especially an author of historical fiction. Sharpen your quills. You'll be inspired. I promise. Thanks to Deborah L. Williams for her expertise....
Bringing History to Life
This book starts halfway through the ten-book Marc Edwards Mysteries series. I chose to read it first because it’s set in  Upper Canada 1838, and I’m sliding into that time myself to do some historical research for a family history. Published in 2013 by Touchstone,...
Elements of Indigenous Style. Gregory Younging
The subtitle of Elements of Indigenous Style is A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples. I read this book to learn what is appropriate and what is not, as the two fiction books I’m now writing include references to Indigenous Peoples and are set on...
