Exploring Canadian Roots
Jacques Cartier at St. Malo With the exception of the Vikings, (more on that subject in a later post), Jacques Cartier captained the...
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Apr 23, 2017
My Guest Blog on The Story Ape
In 2006, I finally listened to that inner voice telling me to do what I’d always wanted to do– write novels. Then there was the question...
Mar 11, 2017
Read an E-book Week (last day)
Review an E-book There are so many millions of books out there. How does anyone find one? Browsing, of course, but then when you find one...
Mar 10, 2017
Read an E-book Week (4)
I have a lot of friends who are writers too, and for you I’d just like to say that you should publish your book on Smashwords. It’s...
Mar 8, 2017
Read an E-book Week (3)
Yes, it’s me again. Yes, I am going to post a blog every day this week because if you’re like me you meant to purchase a book but you...
Mar 7, 2017
Read an E-book Week (2)
How to download a Smashwords book to a Kindle reader Don’t be held captive by Amazon. Sure it’s more convenient to buy e-books direct...
Mar 6, 2017
Read an e-Book Week
My new book The Loyalist is 50% off this week as part of the promotion “Read an E-book Week” on Smashwords. Smashwords is an e-book...
Mar 1, 2017
The Loyalist is here!
[This book is available now at your local ebook retailer or smashwords!] On November 26, 1782, the Nova Scotia Gazette Weekly Chronicle...
Feb 28, 2017
The Siege of Ninety Six
In the book The Loyalists at Kings Mountain, it is written that Michael Isham “evacuated Fort Ninety Six with Lt. Col. John H....
Feb 27, 2017
A Civil Battle at King’s Mountain
In many ways the American Revolution was as much a civil war as a revolution. Not every colonist took up arms against the British; many...
Feb 20, 2017
Crowd-funding in 1764 London
In the years following the Seven Years’ War (1754-1763), tens of thousands of Germans left for the New World to improve their worldly...
Feb 14, 2017
A Trip down the Rhine
Michael Eisan was born Michael Greissen Frein in the Palatine region of Germany (Pfalz) sometime around 1730, exactly where or when we do...
Feb 10, 2017
The Loyalist is coming!
The Loyalist is my great-great-great-great-grandfather who came to be known as Michael Eisan, though he had many names over the course of...
Jan 12, 2017
The Cave of Story
Today I shall write for the sheer joy and pleasure it will bring me and not to produce something grand or even good. Yet every word tends...
Sep 27, 2016
More Book Flogging
I will be at the Saanich Public Library at George Pearkes Community Centre behind Tillicum Mall to flog my books on Saturday, October 1...
Jul 28, 2016
I Won!
It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally the world surprises you with a win. No, it wasn’t the lottery. I’d have to buy a ticket for...
Jul 14, 2016
Smashwords Sale!
If you have an e-reader and would like to get a tremendous deal on ebooks, you should check out Smashwords. For the month of July, they...
May 2, 2016
Emerging Local Authors
Greater Victoria Public Library is a great supporter of local writers. This evening they are hosting a reception/book launch for the...
Nov 30, 2015
NaNoWriMo 2015
Well, why do we put ourselves through such torture if we can’t brag about our accomplishment? This morning I validated the 50,003 words...
Apr 28, 2015
Spirituality of Writing
Why do I write? Writing is my greatest pleasure. It is a gift from God and a gift for God. And what is God? God is a spirit, the spirit...
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