Book Launch Date!
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Made the Local News!
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Whitby This Week published a short piece on the course Gwynn Scheltema and I are teaching in Oshawa next month. I think the course was already close to full, but this might help reach a few more people. I’m looking forward to it!
Exciting News and an Upcoming Course
Saturday, July 16th, 2011I’m excited about my friend Lena’s upcoming book, Witchlanders! Take a look at her cool new book trailer. Boarder Patrol one of CCBC’s “Best Books for Kids & Teens 2011″ In other exciting news, I learned last week that Boarder Patrol had been chosen as a Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s “Best Books for Kids & Teens [...]
Look! Free buttons! And a new book!
Monday, May 2nd, 2011For various reasons, I’m feeling neither clever nor articulate these days. I mean, um, all my clever-articulate-ness is being routed into my writing projects. Yes. That’s it. (Nods sagely. Hides writing projects.) And so, in lieu of a proper blog post, I offer you buttons that you are welcome to use on your website if [...]
Scribbling Women Update and Website 2.0!
Monday, March 28th, 2011Scribbling Women Book Tour Coming this week: Marthe Jocelyne’s “Scribbling Women” book tour has officially started. If you comment on any post that’s part of the book tour, you are entered into a draw with Tundra Books to win a complete set of Marthe Jocelyne’s books. That’s a lot of reading! My contribution: later today and [...]
Lena Coakley’s Website Open
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011I wouldn’t normally post twice in one day, but this deserves its own space. My friend (and very talented writer) Lena Coakley has just posted her first blog entry. It’s a cute one, on writing and superstition and how she gave up a love affair with her local mailman in order to focus on her [...]
New Book Covers and Writing Workshop
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011Book Covers The Skinwalker books are coming! This is the new hi-low fantasy series from HIP Books that Cheryl Rainfield, Deb Ouellet and I have been working on. Paul Kropp sent us the cover images yesterday. Mine is the one in the middle: Wolves at the Gate. This series is different from the Dragon Speaker [...]
Blue Heron Books featured on CBC Books
Friday, January 28th, 2011Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge is being featured as one of Canada’s best-loved bookstores on CBC Books! See the Shop Talk article here. I’ve blogged about Blue Heron books before. Shelley, the owner of Blue Heron, was kind enough to agree to host my book launch for Boarder Patrol. She went well beyond just hosting, [...]
Remembrance Day Links
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Friend and fellow writer Bill Swan is feeling proud over his stepson launching a new song at the True Patriot Love Foundation fundraiser dinner last night. Net proceeds from the song go to foundation, which raises money for Canadian forces and their families. Find the song on iTunes here. Today, Kathy Stinson is in Ottawa, [...]
Online Interview, Arthur Slade and PYI Conference
Sunday, November 7th, 2010It’s been a busy few days in writing land. Yesterday was the annual CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination Conference. The day before that, I had the opportunity to drive one of the PYI speakers (Arthur Slade) to a couple of library presentations. And I should probably draw attention to my author interview on the Teens Read [...]
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