5 Reasons to Love Be Mine This Time: Having it All Book 1
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12 Minute Convo with Engel Jones
I wanted to share this older podcast interview with Podcaster Engel Jones from Trinidad & Tobago. I had misplaced the link for a while. So have a listen to this interview that goes back to 2017 when The Art of Enchantment first won the Chanticleer Chatelaine Grand Prize.
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When life takes a different direction than we planned…
This week’s Bublish book bubble is an excerpt that includes part of a family sailing day, when Bruce takes Alexa and the kids out on his beautiful sailboat and temporary home, Belle Étoile…
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Reading Full-length Fiction: Have You Got What it Takes?
There has been an undeniable trend toward short fiction recently instead of full-length novels…
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Author Interview Podcast
This week I had a ton of fun chatting with Booktastik’s Dione Lister.
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Fairy Tales as Real Life Lessons for Women
Forging a Better Version of Yourself Through Fairy Tales: Lessons for Women Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in her seminal 1992 book of fairy tales, Women Who Run with the Wolves, says of stories: “In a very real way, we are imprinted with knowing just by listening to the tale.” (p.387) Participation mystique: Just like living it
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Too Funny and True NOT to Share
I have a few as-yet unwritten blogposts to start the year off, but I couldn’t resist reblogging this latest post from Kristen Lamb, who knows us (writers) too well. So many of the comments just add to the hilarity. Enjoy! You Know You’re a Writer When…
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Remembering Thanksgivings Past
BOUNTIFUL BEGINNINGS I was the child of parents who grew to adulthood on a pioneer homestead in Manitoba. Throughout my life, I took it pretty much for granted that the major holidays would signal a large family gathering, accompanied by some significant feasting, with food that
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DOES THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX SIGNAL A TIME OF PRODUCTIVITY?
A TIME FOR EVERY SEASON There’s something about this time of year. I always anticipate that it’s going to hit at the beginning of September with the start of the school year but I’m usually wrong. There is always a month of readjustment and settling in. It’s not until now, at the equinox, that I
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Fire in the Belly
Every once in a while I read a book, see a movie, or gaze on a work of art that just rocks my world and reminds me why I’m alive and who I am. CONVERGENCE I had one of those moments recently while reading Susanna Kearsley’s latest novel, The Firebird. Something about the convergence of