After my father’s death in May 2016, I thought about his lifelong interest in trees. He lived on a farm, grew up there, and stayed on that farm when he married. Was there until his last hospitalization and move … Continue reading →
Now, more than any other time, an author needs to use a different way of selling and promoting their books. Unless you’re a household name, that is. And I won’t name anyone in particular. And so my website manager, Sarah … Continue reading →
On July 5th, The Word Guild put out the Short List Show for The Word Awards ( for work published in 2020) for a wide number of categories of writing. What once was a much bigger event at Write Canada … Continue reading →
Picture books come in many forms, topics and shapes. This morning I had opportunity to listen again to a session from the recent Packaging Your Imagination by CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers). The session was given … Continue reading →
Fellow writers and readers, My first book, Once Upon a Sandbox, centred on growing up in rural Oxford County in Ontario. It contained stories about my family, about our farm, about community and how they work together. It’s a combination … Continue reading →
Over the early spring, coauthor Donna Mann and I put our last touches on our new book. The content had been in process for some time, but in the last year, we accelerated our efforts and were ready for our … Continue reading →
Today marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day. From space.com you can read where it started and about a challenge this year to build a planet with Lego. Fifty years after an astronaut’s photo of our home planet gave rise … Continue reading →
Only a few days ago I was in touch with best-selling author and speaker Nina Spencer after reading an article she recently sent out again. “Lessons from the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace” seemed fitting for the … Continue reading →
Friends and I have been talking on social media about the social distancing. A fellow storyteller, John, came up with a better term, physical distancing. I replied that the people who invented the term “social distancing” should have hired … Continue reading →
People who want to be a writer have asked me, “How do you start?” and “What do you write?” They think they’d like to write, but they don’t know how to get started. If the above photo of a small … Continue reading →
