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I’m giving away 5 free copies of The Serpentine Garden Path at Goodreads on October 1st. Check it out at Goodreads. All you have to do is...
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Dec 9, 2013
Successful Launch
I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...
Dec 4, 2013
Countdown to Book(s) Launch
Just a reminder that I will be launching two books this Friday, December 6th at 1:00 at First Metropolitan United Church on the corner of...
Oct 10, 2013
Successful launch
It’s great to be back in Victoria after spending a few weeks in Edmonton where I launched by books. If you came out to one of the two...
Sep 24, 2013
Edmonton launches
My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...
Aug 9, 2012
My first book on Amazon.com
I’m excited to announce that you can now buy a hard copy of my book The Serpentine Garden Path from Amazon.com This is a prequel to A...
Jun 5, 2012
New Publication
Finally, I’ve e-published the second book in the Gardener series, The Gardener’s Wife. You can get a preview of it for free at...
May 28, 2012
The Difficulty of Titles
As you know, my novel A Garden in the Wilderness was published by Borealis Press recently. It did not always have that title. I...
Nov 16, 2010
More about the Wicked Earl
George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, was an eccentric. He had three mistresses that he set up in three great houses all over Britain– the...
Jul 22, 2010
The Importance of Memoir
What treasures do you keep hidden in your memory that future generations would love to uncover? In my blog, I have already told how I...
May 31, 2010
First-footing at Hogmanay
Traditionally, in Scotland Christmas was a purely religious festival and New Years or Hogmanay was the main holiday. John Knox, founder...
May 24, 2010
Ellon Garden
When I was doing family tree research, I found this in the Old Parochial Records of Scotland. Susan Kirk Dean born 11/11/1787, ...
May 10, 2010
The Wicked Earl
In the Old Parochial Records of Scotland, I found the following: Susan Kirk Dean born 11/11/1787, christened 18/11/1787, father John...
May 3, 2010
Riots in London
My novel Exiled from Eden begins during the riots in London in 1780. Legislation had been passed for the civil relief of Catholics in...
Mar 9, 2010
Susan Kirke Dean: Revolutionary
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It reminded me how far we’ve come as women in the west even since I was a girl. But we should...
Mar 5, 2010
The Pleasure Gardener’s Companion
I was doing some genealogical research, you know, dry dates of marriages and deaths, when I came across a juicy story. I have been...
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