Where I write
This is a lovely room with a Murphy wall bed on one side in case anyone comes to visit. I don’t write when I have children or...
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Dec 10, 2013
NaNoWriMo 2013 Over and Out
The task of writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November is over. Actually, I made it to 53,000 words. Admittedly, what I’ve...
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...
Sep 8, 2013
Getting Ready
Fall is here and for me, even though I’m not a teacher or a student anymore, it feels like a time for new beginnings. With great...
Jul 26, 2013
Flogging instead of Blogging
Though I have taken some time off from blogging this summer, I have been busy flogging books. In June, I went to Halifax where I had a...
Jun 4, 2013
The New Tangible Book Form of The Gardener’s Wife At Last
Here’s a photo of the cover of Book 2 of The Compleat Gardener series, recently printed. I will be launching this book on Wednesday, June...
Mar 18, 2013
The Siege of Ninety Six
Ninety Six was the name of a trading post and then a town, fort and Revolutionary battle site in the back country of South Carolina....
Mar 11, 2013
The Battle on King’s Mountain
The Battle of King’s Mountain was a pivotal battle of the American Revolution. All of those who fought were American militiamen with the...
Mar 4, 2013
Michael Eisan’s House
“At the end of the workday, Michael paused before his cabin and examined his workmanship: the hand-planed logs with mortared chinks. It...
Feb 26, 2013
Virgin Land
Once the ox was going smoothly and Michael had a good strong hand on the plough, he thought about how things had changed in the decade...
Feb 1, 2013
On US Tax Withholding
If you’re e-publishing with an American company (Smashwords, Amazon, or whatever) and you don’t live in the US, then you need to know...
Jan 22, 2013
Why Write?
Sometimes I go in to a book store, start looking at books and am overwhelmed! Not only do I not know which one to read, I start to wonder...
Jan 9, 2013
The Missing Pieces of his Silence
That’s the working title of my new novel, which used to be called Loyal Unto Death. I am running into all kinds of headaches writing the...
Dec 31, 2012
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt....
Dec 3, 2012
Choose Joy Before Survival
I’ve been making the wrong choices ever since I was a child. I distinctly remember at the age of about six, when given the choice of...
Nov 23, 2012
Back from the Dead
That title of this blog is facetious but there is some truth to it. I have just been on a one-week vacation to Maui. It was another...
Oct 29, 2012
Do the Dead Want to be Resurrected?
With “All Souls/Saints Day” just a few days away, this is a good question. I am reading a “memoir” of Margaret Drabble and she suggests...
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