IT’S PARTY TIME! Reconcilable Differences Book Launch The timing couldn’t be better for Tuesday’s Women’s Fiction online FaceBook Book Launch Party hosted by the Women’s Fiction Writer’s Association. I’m thrilled to be one of eight authors with new releases scheduled to participate on the WFWA Facebook page on Tuesday, August 16th **Noon – 4pm […]
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My Long Path to Publishing Aptitude and Ambition I can still remember like it was yesterday the evening almost eleven years ago that I sat beside my husband in bed, doing aptitude tests and reading books like What Colour Is My Parachute? It wasn’t the first time I was trying to decide what I wanted
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Forging a Better Version of Yourself Through Fairy Tales: Lessons for Women Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in her seminal 1992 book of fairy tales, Women Who Run with the Wolves, says of stories: “In a very real way, we are imprinted with knowing just by listening to the tale.” (p.387) Participation mystique: Just like living it
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The Value of Rituals This is a great article, and also I love this guy so I recommend subscribing. This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day Here’s what research says is the #1 ritual you should do every day to
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I’ve been tagged by friend, colleague and crit partner @donnabarker in the on again/off again 7 x 7 x 7 seven line challenge that goes around writers’ circles. Donna was recently tagged by Amy Sedgemore. Since I was just notified last week that my manuscript A Dissimulation of Doves has won first place in
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BOUNTIFUL BEGINNINGS I was the child of parents who grew to adulthood on a pioneer homestead in Manitoba. Throughout my life, I took it pretty much for granted that the major holidays would signal a large family gathering, accompanied by some significant feasting, with food that
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COMMITMENT PHOBIA Right off the top, National Novel Writing Month sounds like a really bad idea for a person as commitment phobic as me. For readers who aren’t familiar, NaNoWriMo is “National Novel Writing Month, shortened as NaNoWriMo (na-noh-ry-moh), … “an annual internet-based creative writing project that takes place every November. NaNoWriMo challenges participants to
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A TIME FOR EVERY SEASON There’s something about this time of year. I always anticipate that it’s going to hit at the beginning of September with the start of the school year but I’m usually wrong. There is always a month of readjustment and settling in. It’s not until now, at the equinox, that I
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Every once in a while I read a book, see a movie, or gaze on a work of art that just rocks my world and reminds me why I’m alive and who I am. CONVERGENCE I had one of those moments recently while reading Susanna Kearsley’s latest novel, The Firebird. Something about the convergence of
