“A search of my hard drive proved fruitless. BUT…”
Tag: Publishing
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Jan 01
Amazon and Tears
I still remember, as an eleven-year-old, scouring the library shelves at school for the latest Black Stallion and or Nancy Drew book, and later, in my bedroom at night…
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Nov 03
Soul Sunday: Heartbreaks and Heroes
“My ex-husband and I will share a lifetime linked through our children…”
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Jan 31
Independence—or Stubborn?
They see right through me. And turn the subject to how I like self-publishing? Now it’s my turn to turn the tables, so to speak:…
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Dec 04
Book Baby Blues
There’s a little-known disorder that affects some authors that very few people, except other authors, knows about. Readers certainly don’t know, at least the ones that do not follow regularly, an author whose suffered it—and talked openly about it: Book Baby Blues. Authoring, revising, editing, and polishing a book is an intense labour of love. …
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Oct 01
Paralysis and Gratitude
I’ve been working from the cosy bright nook of my kitchen since August, when my youngest son’s friend moved in with us for a few months to complete a co-op work-term required as part of his University degree. The location change plants me directly in the hub of household activity. It’s not ideal. And I’m …
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Apr 21
Letting a piece of me go…
At the beginning of April, I wrote about the bittersweet nature of this month for me, and for my mother. I shared the heartache and gratitude we each experience related to shared, and separate experiences, and how my mom’s experience inspired the events and theme of my first novel. So, it seems fitting that this …
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Apr 07
Great is the road I climb…
I decided about a year ago that I wasn’t going to try and get published. I was going to publish. That was a pivotal moment for me. Changing my mindset from writing and revising and querying literary agents on different projects hoping one might attract interest, to focusing on self-publishing a story I loved writing …
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Mar 07
What A Girl Wants – In A Cover
In my last book review, I mentioned how I ended up angry, tossing and turning, instead of sleeping, after finishing the book. I want to expand on my reaction. As I mention in the review, I was drawn to the book initially by its cover. As a warm-blooded, heterosexual female, with an affinity for all …
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