The Busyness of the Business of a Full-Time Writer… One of the things that wakes me up at night is the panic of being behind in my life. I know that’s familiar to most of you. When I was raising three kids and living in an old house that needed a lot of maintenance and […] readmore...
Like An Old Sweet Song… I grew up steeped in Southern writers, cutting my adolescent reading teeth on Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and, of course, good old Mark Twain. From my Manitoba home, with its geographical isolation and long, long winters, I learned about an environment opposite […] readmore...
Spain Then and Now… I realize that while this is a writing website, it’s also a travel website. I can’t deny it. The time I spend travelling is as important to me as the time I spend writing: I absorb writing inspiration while I’m travelling, and travel inspiration while I’m writing. As I’ve stated elsewhere […] readmore...
Mexico On My Mind… This month I was lucky enough to attend the 10th Annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference and Literary Festival in San Miguel de Allende, in Guanajuato, Mexico’s heartland. Here’s a shout-out to my author friend Roberta Rich (www.robertarich.com) for enticing me with her stories of the surreal beauty and art-inspired environment of […] readmore...
Paris Influence… Wandering through the streets of Paris, writing scenes in my head, is where January found me. Although my novel will not be set in Paris, the City of Light has long been a source of creativity for all manner of artists. I wanted to visit, or, in some cases, re-visit places where artists […] readmore...
Revisiting Siberia through the Edinburgh Book Review… I loved participating in this in-depth conversation with the Edinburgh Book Review. I’ve always felt an interview can only be as good as the questions the interviewer poses – and in this case, Wander Gubler of EBR really challenged me in the best possible way. It was clear […] readmore...
Shown above: Having fun at Word on the Street with Steven Beattie. After the busyness of launching The Devil on Her Tongue earlier in the summer, I was kept busy with more events as the air cooled and the leaves put on their autumn colours. In August I attended the amazing Sunshine Coast Festival of […] readmore...
With The Devil on Her Tongue sitting firmly on bookstore shelves across Canada this month, I was still busy with a variety of promotional activities. One that was fun and very tongue-in-cheek was answering questions for The Hazlitt Offensive. Following the lead of Inside the Actor’s Studio, where James Lipton fires his trademark index-card questions […] readmore...
What a whirlwind month! With The Devil on Her Tongue being launched June 24th, I was talked into tweeting – against my wishes – and I’m still not convinced that I’m the right kind of person to be on Twitter. Hopefully I’ll improve both my skills and my attitude! On a more positive note (for […] readmore...
France-Loisirs has released a cool edition of The Lost Souls of Angelkov, with a magnetic wrap-around cover designed to represent a journal. I’m honoured that they’ve chosen it as their Spring Exclusive novel, complete with my signed dedication inside each book. You can read their French interview with me here: France-Loisirs Interview readmore...
