Finding the Right Agent…

I am very excited to see that my latest article for SCBWI is now out in the new bulletin. It is called How To Find The Right Agent and is chock full of tips that I learned the hard way! But the most exciting thing for me was to see that they added a sidebar with my...

Betsy-Tacy and Meg Cabot

You all know I love the Betsy-Tacy books…just look at the background of my website. So the other day, I was chatting with Meg Cabot, okay, okay…I wasn’t “chatting” with her, but I had emailed her and she did email me back…anyway,...

Meeting “Molly”

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, or clicked the link about my book RESTORING HARMONY, you’ll know all about Sarah Tradewell and how she looks just like Molly (the main character in my book) and how I found out about her because of the magic of...

Crazeeee…that’s me…

I am revising. I thought I was almost done with this book, but after reading it, I saw that I needed to raise the stakes and so as I’m going through it again, I am adding and streamlining one particular facet of the story. Still, for the most part, this is a...

We Remember

Today is Remembrance Day in Canada (Veteran’s Day in the US) and down at the RCMP building, they held a ceremony to remember the men and women who served in Canada’s military. One of my great uncles went MIA, another died of complications to his wounds, my...