Buried in Middle Grade (a nice place to be)

by | Feb 23, 2015 | Daily Writings

I don’t really blog that much anymore, but I thought it was time, lest you think I’d disappeared. In a way, I kind of have. I don’t think I can really say why yet, but let’s just say that I might’ve recently received 85 Canadian middle...

A nice round number….

by | Dec 31, 2014 | Daily Writings

This year, I read 100 books. Usually, I tell you my favourites. This year, I’ll just show you what I read and you can decide what looks good. Happy Reading in 2015! Red River Raging Draper, Penny * The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman #2) Simsion, Graeme Five, Six,...

Teen Writing Circle

by | Dec 20, 2014 | Daily Writings

Last year, I was part of the Teen Book Club at the library, but teens have so much homework, it was always hard for them to add another book to their workload, even if it was a fun read. So this year, the new librarian and I talked it over and decided to try a Teen...

NaNoWriMo

by | Oct 31, 2014 | Daily Writings

Hi all! Not really into blogging much anymore, but I thought I’d just put this little tidbit up for now. Last year, for the first time ever, I tried National Novel Writing Month and ended up with 50k words that I eventually threw away, but not until I’d...

A warming winter smoothie

by | Oct 30, 2014 | Daily Writings

What you may not know is I fancy myself a pretty good cook. I almost never post recipes on this blog because it’s supposed to be about writing, but heck, I almost never blog so why not break a rule? Anyway, it’s pretty cold here, even for Canada, -8C when...