Summer has been extremely busy for me. If you check my events page you will see I have been marketing my book in many corners of the province. Some were well attended and others were small but powerful. Unfortunately, Dalhousie was stormed out. But, I still got a private tour of the two facilities I […]

Short and sweet… Further to my fears expressed in blog five, things have been corrected. The contract stood as I first read it and I will be paid on the 60/40 author/store as it read. What is interesting  is that when I wrote and used financial figures to show my concerns if indeed the ratio […]

This week-end found me in Saint John As a newly published author, I thought it was necessary to meet with other authors. The goal of a writer’s retreat is to have time for uninterrupted writing. We were fortunate to be able to have a one-on-one with a writer instructor of renown. Heather Browne, MFA in […]

I Know I Should Be Excited Looking over my records, I see that I began this experience with my publisher in August 2025. I thought it would be a simple thing to have it read, edited and published by Christmas. NOT! Now that I am finally published, there is both trepidation and excitement. I got […]

The Final Edit Has Been Submitted! This will be short. Writing can be a challenge in so many ways. For me, sharing my thoughts and feelings with the world is not what I expected I would do at this age and stage of my life. Today that all changes. The final edit was just sent […]

Welcome to my first blog. So glad you are here. I want to share my thoughts with you on this process I began so many years ago. 2026 is going to see my dream come true. As a very young person I had a dream to become a writer one day. The question was, what […]

When I first started writing “In the Company of Men,” I had no idea where the story would take me. What began as a simple character sketch evolved into a full novel exploring themes of identity, connection, and the complexities of human relationships. The path to publication has been both exhilarating and humbling. Working with […]

As I work through the final edits of “In the Company of Men,” I’ve been thinking about the role memory plays in storytelling. How do we capture the essence of a moment, a feeling, a conversation that happened years ago? Writing means mining our own experiences while honouring the truth of those who shaped us. […]