This is a lovely room with a Murphy wall bed on one side in case anyone comes to visit. I don’t write when I have children or...

The task of writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November is over. Actually, I made it to 53,000 words. Admittedly, what I’ve...

I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...

Just a reminder that I will be launching two books this Friday, December 6th at 1:00 at First Metropolitan United Church on the corner of...

It’s great to be back in Victoria after spending a few weeks in Edmonton where I launched by books. If you came out to one of the two...

My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...

Fall is here and for me, even though I’m not a teacher or a student anymore, it feels like a time for new beginnings. With great...

Though I have taken some time off from blogging this summer, I have been busy flogging books. In June, I went to Halifax where I had a...

Here’s a photo of the cover of Book 2 of The Compleat Gardener series, recently printed. I will be launching this book on Wednesday, June...

Ninety Six was the name of a trading post and then a town, fort and Revolutionary battle site in the back country of South Carolina....

The Battle of King’s Mountain was a pivotal battle of the American Revolution. All of those who fought were American militiamen with the...

“At the end of the workday, Michael paused before his cabin and examined his workmanship: the hand-planed logs with mortared chinks. It...

Once the ox was going smoothly and Michael had a good strong hand on the plough, he thought about how things had changed in the decade...

If you’re e-publishing with an American company (Smashwords, Amazon, or whatever) and you don’t live in the US, then you need to know...

Sometimes I go in to a book store, start looking at books and am overwhelmed! Not only do I not know which one to read, I start to wonder...

That’s the working title of my new novel, which used to be called Loyal Unto Death. I am running into all kinds of headaches writing the...

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt....

I’ve been making the wrong choices ever since I was a child. I distinctly remember at the age of about six, when given the choice of...

That title of this blog is facetious but there is some truth to it. I have just been on a one-week vacation to Maui. It was another...

With “All Souls/Saints Day” just a few days away, this is a good question. I am reading a “memoir” of Margaret Drabble and she suggests...