March 2018

Enter to win a Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet—free!

Filled with 45 fast-paced thrillers—but don’t delay.   There is no cost to enter this giveaway. If you win, you’ll get an e-reader, filled with all the books you see above. Runner up gets all 45 books. One of the books you could win is one of mine: Torn Roots, the first Lei Crime Kindle […]

Should I delete my Facebook account?

“When the service is free, you are the product” Whether they were successful or not, Cambridge Analytica has made a lot of people uncomfortable to the point that many have deleted their Facebook accounts, and more are considering it. The scandal alleges that Cambridge Analytica unethically used 50 million people’s Facebook data to try to […]

Writing tip: Doing dashes right

One of the dead giveaways of a non-professional book is misusing the poor hyphen instead of a dash. Let’s clear something up right away: a hyphen is not the same thing as a short dash, which is distinct from a long dash. They are three different punctuation marks, each with their own uses and rules. […]

We're not as good as we think we are in Canada

RCMP watchdog to examine handling of Colten Boushie shooting   Indigenous leaders call for resignation of Thunder Bay police chief over non-investigation of death of Indigenous man My home town seems to have become the epicentre of institutional racism in Canada. I grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city sometimes called the Lakehead. Years, […]

Wildfire cover

Do you love California wine? Great food? Mysteries? Indulge your tastes on Wattpad. You can now read Chapter 1: An Open Door, on Wattpad. Tara’s shoulder slammed into the passenger door as the big old pickup flew around a bend. She wanted to tell Roberto to slow down and speed up at the same time, […]