Archive for March, 2012
Writers Helping Readers
Thursday, March 29th, 2012On Saturday, March 31, 2012, the Literacy Council of Durham Region will be holding its annual Coffee, Tea and Words read-a-thon event, at the Oshawa Public Library. I’ll be reading from Haze at 7:15. At least, I think it’s 7:15. Better check that. This is a fundraiser event. Participants raise money through sponsors, and then [...]
New Book! And Bookstore Visits
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012Last night when I got home from a very busy day, there was a package waiting for me. And inside were… books!!! It’s always an exciting day when the book that you worked on so hard, and probably last saw in manuscript form several months ago, is suddenly real. A real live book! Right there, [...]
Things Besides Writing
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012The weekend before last, my husband and I had a wonderful weekend. We went to a bed & breakfast near Picton, just us and the dog. We’d been there before; I mentioned it in another post. It was the dog’s first time. This is a special sort of bed & breakfast. It’s more like renting a [...]
A Letter to my MP about Bill C-11
Monday, March 12th, 2012I had another blog post in mind for today, but after reading this article in today’s Toronto Star, I was reminded of a more pressing issue. Bill C-11 — the copyright one. If you haven’t seen the article yet, please read it. It does a good job of outlining the concerns around the bill. I [...]
Games Without Finish Lines
Monday, March 5th, 2012A few years ago, my dad built a giant Barbie dollhouse for Sarah. It’s three (Barbie) storeys tall and about four feet wide. It’s on wheels, and has little pull-out drawers along the bottom. The only possible place where it could fit in our house was the unfinished basement. Sarah loves to play Barbies. She [...]