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June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. A day to explore the history and cultures of the indigenous peoples of this land, to join in celebrations and memorials.
And what observance would be complete without books? there is more and more call to write books with diverse characters from all walks of life. Different races and backgrounds, disabilities, neurodiversity, and more.
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Have you been eagerly waiting to find out what would happen when Crazy Theresa and Willie met up again? After Theresa’s appearance in A Fateful Plateful, things couldn’t stay the same!
Now, Cut Out Cookie is live and you can return to Bald Eagle Falls with Erin and Vic to see what is in store for them now. Will they have a quiet Easter making marshmallow eggs and cut-out cookies in cute rabbit and lamb shapes? Or are things about to change again?
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Time for a Father’s Day blog post! It can be hard sometime to find representations of good fathers in literature. We have absent fathers, abusive fathers, and fathers who just drift in and out of the background. I confess that many of my characters have fathers who fall into these categories. They tend to come from traumatic backgrounds and/or families with secrets. But there are a few important exceptions.
Stories with Strong Fathers Read More »
May is National Share a Story month! There are so many great stories out there. When I was deciding what to do for my blog, I told the authors I was talking to that this year’s theme was Myths, Magic, and Mayhem. I just realized today… that was the 2021 theme. Oops. But I’m going to go with it! So here is a flashback to 2021.
Share A Story! Myths Magic and Mayhem Read More »
Today, I wanted to cook something up for some of my characters. What would their favourite gluten-free meals or treats be? So let’s dive in!
Celebrating Celiac Disease Awareness Month with Fictional Characters Read More »
Well, Mother’s Day is coming up next week and I thought I would showcase some fiction with good/strong mothers.
So many of my characters are foster children and street kids that I don’t have a lot of wonderful mothers in my stories. But I do have a few! And truth be told, sometimes the best mothers are fathers or grandfathers!
Reading about Strong Mothers Read More »
April 23 is World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book. It is a day to celebrate reading, publishing, and copyright. The day was first conceived of in 1922. April 23 was selected as the death date of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and William Shakespeare.
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I’ve been asked several times when the next books in the Parks Pat Mysteries series were coming out, and that day is today!
I have not just one, but three new stories in this police procedural series.
Rejoin Detective Margie “Parks Pat” Patenaude as she solves homicides in Calgary parks.
Check out April New Releases – Parks Pat and more Read More »
I thought I would pull together a bunch of Easter/spring/equinox themed books for you this week.
I’ll start at the top with Magic Ain’t a Game, my Reg Rawlins book that is set around Easter and spring equinox:
How about putting these Easter treats in your basket? Read More »
Undiscovered Tomb is on sale for $0.99 this weekend only. It is book #15 in the Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator series, and can be read as a stand alone adventure or together with the rest of the series. Join Reg, Corvin, and others on their trip to the ancient tombs.
Undiscovered Tomb and Other Whodunnits Featuring Egypt Read More »
