If you missed Wordstock, never fear! You can read about all your favourite YA authors that were there over at The Eager Readers. And you can see a video of yours truly reading from Restoring Harmony below. Notice where I sort of laugh? That's because VERY LOUD ROCK...

Upcoming Schedule: November 2020 Writing with Sensory Detail - Wednesday, 4th  November 5-8pm (PST) Book Discussion - Wednesday 18th November 5 -6:15pm (PST) December 2020 Expansive Writing - Wednesday, 2nd December 5-8pm (PST) Book Discussion - Wednesday 16th...

Had a great time at Mosaic Books and Hooked On Books this weekend. Talked to lots of people, signed a few books, and met the great staff at both stores. Thank you to all who made this possible, especially Julia, the wonderful sale's rep for RH. I'm off to Portland...

I have a couple of signings this week in British Columbia. I hope to see some of you there. October 1 - Kelowna, BC Mosaic Books I'll be signing books and visiting with customers from 2pm to 4pm. Drop in and say hello. October 2nd - Penticton, BC Hooked on Books...

My friend and fellow writer, Joelle Charbonneau's debut book is released today! Last May, when I was celebrating my release with the other members of The Debutante Ball, I pulled an old switcheroo on them all and instead of posting about my book on my day, I...

Today I'm over at the Wordstock Festival blog doing a guest post about what it means to live in one country and set your books in another. Hope you'll check it out here.

I've decided to change this blog from a regular thing to a place where I post updates, things that interest me, and topics I want to share with you all whenever those things come up. I think when I started blogging, it was still fairly new...not everyone was doing it....

Suddenly Saturday is my handy, dandy name for Dang, I missed Finally Friday! Actually, I was a bit under the weather yesterday, so I blew off FF, but today I remembered that I had a few things I wanted to tell y'all about, so here I am. First off, congratulations to...

Just wanted to let any of you in the Kelowna BC area, or the Greater Portland (Oregon) area know I will be in your neck of the woods and if you'd like to book me in for a school visit, I will waive my travel fees because someone else is already paying them. If you're...

It's fall, my favorite season. I'm excited to hunker down (or walk on the treadmill, actually) with some new projects. One of the things I love to do in the fall is dig out my Jerry Spinelli and Paula Danziger books. So many of them start at the beginning of the...

Today I'm over at The Debutante Ball blogging about... No, that's not right. I'm done at The Ball! But you're in very good hands with the new Friday Deb, Tawna Fenske. She's one funny gal. All The Debs are great this year and I'm sure you'll enjoy spending time with...

This is a repeat because...well, we have an anniversary every year and today is our sixth. I love this piece and always look for an excuse to share it, so I hope you enjoy it! cheers, Joelle (and Victor) I know...I usually keep my personal life out of my blogs, but...

I'm kind of sad to say this, but today is my last day blogging over at The Debutante Ball. I've gotten used to Fridays over there and I hope you've enjoyed the Ball too. The good news is that a whole new group of debut authors are taking over and I'm sure they'll...

A few years ago, I implemented a fifty page policy. If a book hadn't grabbed me by fifty pages, I set it down. If I wasn't thinking about it two days later, I gave up on it. Recently I've become even less lenient and only give books about twenty to thirty pages. A...

It's been a busy week here as I embark on a new writing project. Still top secret for now, but lots of miles walked on the treadmill and many, many words put on paper (virtually speaking). The new Debs are taking over soon, but I'm still at the Ball this week and...

I just finished reading an excellent memoir by the food critic and cookbook author, Molly O'Neill. In it, she talks about her days reviewing restaurants and how she essentially only wrote good reviews. If a restaurant didn't warrant a good review, then she just didn't...

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! Hope it goes well for you. I choose to think of it as a lucky day, but I'm sort of a Pollyanna, aren't I? Oh, well! Get used to it. Today I'm partying it up with The Debs, so drop on by. In addition to the interview and review I posted...

I'm still buried in edits, but thanks to my readers, Kim (in the picture) & Alexa, I'm almost good to go. Since I don't have much to say here, let me send you to this blog where there's a review and an interview. Have a great day! And if you're writing, have fun....