For Readers
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Cover Reveal! What’s in a Cover?
My New Book–Coming Soon! For a writer there are many exciting days but none is quite so appealing as the day she gets to see her final cover. Late yesterday, […]
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When All Else Fails Just Laugh
As our world tries to cope with all the changes forced on us by the pandemic, many of us have noticed how companies are handling customer service. I’ve learned to […]
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5 Great Shows for Thinkers on Netflix
One of the best things about Netflix is the way it remembers what I like and gives me more of the same. Over the past year or so my husband […]
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Writing a Message to My Followers
Usually I keep my newsletters in a certain tone as I want my readers to get a specific product from me, one that they can count on. In that way […]
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The Loyalist’s Daughter Book Launch Foiled!
So there I was, all prettied up and wearing my best smile, and starting my book launch on the Facebook platform. I welcomed everyone. I told them how the 45 […]
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Two Writing Icons, Both Gone Now: Little and Laurence
This week, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis all across the world, another of my personal heroes passed away at the age of 88. I told my story about […]
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Every One of Us Needs a Hero
I hardly know where to start. Tuesday night I spoke at the awesome Beachville Historical Society about the book above. Featured prominently on the cover is Ron Calhoun because he […]
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I Wish You a Little Christmas (and Book Deals!)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry When I was teaching high school French many years ago, I found a wonderful Christmas story in what we called our French […]
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Iron Annie and a Long Journey: A Family Odyssey
One of the things about studying history and especially our rather close history is that survivors and children of survivors of WWII are writing their stories. In this world of […]
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Poppies, People and Potato Peels
Fulfilling my dreams of becoming an author has made me notice Remembrance Day so much more keenly than ever before. I still remember marching in my cadet uniform, lining up […]