Happy Canada Day, world!
My very best wishes to the world from Canada’s capital city!
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Six-sentence Sunday: The Bones of the Earth
A few years ago, a group of blogs hosted something akin to a blog tour called Six Sentence Sunday, posting six sentences from their books. I’ve decided to revive that, rerunning some samples on my new blog. This sample comes from my first novel, The Bones of the Earth. Let me know what you think in […]
Happy every holiday
Happy holidays, all readers, whichever holiday you are celebrating, or not celebrating. I would also like to extend especially positive wishes to those who get very little attention at this time of year: those who choose or, or have to work on these days so many consider special. These are not just nurses and police […]
Two exciting new books from independent authors
I am excited that two good author friends and iAi colleagues have just released new books, Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar and Roger Eschbacher. First, Roger Eschbacher has published Undrastormur, a children’s book about a young Viking named Eirik. Here is the blurb: Eirik has a problem. A lot of problems, actually. While out gathering mushrooms, his small […]
When Emily Stone asks you to join her blog hop, you don’t dare say no
Actually, I’m happy to hop onto author Jennifer Chase’s first-ever blog hop. She’s got a new Emily Stone novel and a literally kick-ass new video to support it. Check it out: Crime has a new nemesis and her name is Emily Stone. She will continue to hunt serial killers and child abductors as long […]
Inspiration from the natural world
The Canadian Shield. Trees down to the water’s edge. I’ve made it back from the wilderness! A typical “Canadian sunset” picture. Actually, I’ve been back for three days now, and it wasn’t that wild. While the Mattawa is significant as part of the original “river highway” of Canada, used by the fur traders as part […]
Into the near(ly) wild
As this post goes live, I’m on the highway toward North Bay, Ontario, to begin a canoe trip down the Mattawa River. It’s going to include some white water, a few short portages and more white water, all in the great Canadian wilderness. Actually, it’s not all that wild. There are provincial campsites all along […]