I was recently a part of an author’s panel discussion that took place in Asheville, North Carolina, at a lovely independent bookstore called Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe.This was an event that I had put together, after a failed singular attempt earlier in the year, when I was informed by the Events Coordinator that Malaprop’s was […]

I hate to sound like a broken record. But every day, literally every day, new developments come to my attention, and I feel the need to comment on these developments.I am referring, of course, to being a newly published author. A newly published author in the age of the Internet.I feel I must make a […]

Last night I finished reading Orson Scott Card’s latest novel, Earth Unaware, penned in collaboration with Aaron Johnston. The novel is a prequel, taking place before Ender’s Game, the first in the Ender series, all of which I’ve read over the years. I’ve enjoyed the Ender series, though it did get a bit tedious toward the […]

I’ve been staying with my best friend until I go back to North Carolina to my sweetie at the beginning of October. It was just easier after the house I was living in got sold out beneath my feet, and I got no money back from the guy who was my landlord who is a […]

Are you familiar with Goodreads? If you’re on Facebook, and you read (maybe a lot), it’s possible you know of Goodreads, or even use it yourself.For those not in the know, Goodreads is a site where you can list books you’ve read, and you are given the option of assigning a star rating to them […]

Today I decided I am officially a bitch.Backstory: I went to Staples this afternoon, to get an inkjet cartridge (colour black) for a new printer which was boxed without one. It came with a colour cartridge, but not black, which, when you think about it, is just plain stupid, but of course, is also probably brilliant […]

The other day, I read a comment made by an author in regard to marketing and promoting of one’s work. The author (who may be fairly successful and fairly popular, though I really don’t know as I’ve never checked, and frankly, wouldn’t know how to even if I were interested) provided suggestions for promoting a […]

This is what happened:I had boarded the plane from Winnipeg to Minneapolis. My seat was near the front of the plane, and when I reached it, my seatmate was already seated. He looked to be in his 40’s, roughly good-looking, and he gave me a perfunctory smile as I motioned that mine was the window […]

Today (and since it’s 11:31 pm as I write this, it is still today) I gave the first interview of my life. There may have been a time when I considered myself a nobody. That time is past. I am certainly somebody. And I am certainly someone to be considered. But I’m getting ahead of […]

I stumbled across a couple of fine books over the last 72 hours. By a writer I’d never heard of. And really, isn’t that how it should be? The author is Susan Wilson. The books, One Good Dog, which I read first. The second, The Dog Who Danced. No surprise there are dogs involved. I […]