It’s been a busy week!
1. I got back Lion Within from my editor, so I am putting the finishing touches on it and will be releasing soon!
2. I got the Portuguese translation of Stand Alone back from the translator. I have turned it around to beta readers for comment.
First Draft Complete and Upcoming Promo! Read More »
As usual, I have joined up with Camp Nanowrimo, a July event run by the Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) guys. That’s my cover concept mock-up to the left. I have done both April and July camps the last couple of years, as well as the big event, Nanowrimo in November. The usual goal is to write a 50,000 word novel draft in a month. I usually go for around 100,000, since that’s the length of most of my novels. Nano provides some great support and excitement around novel-writing, and I love a reason to set aside one month to make writing a higher priority and to get a new work drafted.
Writing for Camp Nanowrimo Read More »
Finally! Cynthia has been stuck in Amazon limbo for over a week, but is finally up!
New Release! Cynthia has a Secret Read More »
A documentary series, “Secret Lives of Americans”, is premiering next Friday:
Ruby Featured by Pivot TV Secret Lives of Americans Wattpad List Read More »
It’s really amazing how blind we can be to what is going on around us. I had some awareness of the living conditions of our Aboriginal People as far back as 1988/89, pre-internet, when I wrote a short story about them on my XT computer. In the intervening time, almost three decades, I kind of assumed that things had changed. The media tends to portray aboriginals as whining over historical treatment which cannot be changed, or turning down million or billion dollar petrochemical deals. Very little is said about current conditions, and then it is buried by news of natural disasters or elections.
Canada’s Third World Nation Infographic Read More »
My first foreign-language translation is now out! Thanks to translator María Florencia Lavorato, you can now read Stand Alone in Spanish!
Stand Alone published in Spanish (Por Mí Misma) Read More »
It’s all there in the title. In February, Ruby, Between the Cracks won the Top Ten Best Books for Teens In the Margins award, and now Tattooed Teardrops has been nominated as well! Can I saw how much I love the folks over there at Library Services for Youth in Custody? Between you and me, they may have asked for review copies of another book as well…
Tattooed Teardrops Nominated for “In the Margins” Best Books for Teens Award Read More »
June & Justin, the eagerly-awaited sequel to the award winning Ruby, Between the Cracks, is now available for purchase! It was on my production schedule for earlier in the year, but I need to remember how long it takes my beta readers and editors to review such a long book. (I have already updated my production schedule for book 3, Michelle, to take that into account…)
Release of June & Justin! Read More »
Okay, my friends, I need your thoughts on the three cover concepts for the novel I start next week. Young adult contemporary about a Cree girl.
I need your thoughts on these covers! Read More »
