Here's a fun site for finding your next great read. The fab folks asked me to create a list of books on a theme that would accessorize my first mystery series...and here it is, looking very snappy. Check out their entire site at shepherd.com!                      And [...]

Just a little something for summer reflections: Before the fear of tics and mosquitoes carrying disease and the sun being cancerously ferocious, we were sent out into the summer days in shorts and pop tops and sneakers with no arch supports on bicycles and roller skates, and told to be home in time for dinner. [...]

Even though I have a couple of manuscripts floating out in maybe land, I can't help myself from playing with microfiction...and here is a mini-paean to summertime, for your reading pleasure.At one time, before the sun got cruel and the winds fierce, we cherished this time of year. We shed our layers and our inhibitions [...]

Lately I have been having fun writing short stories....and I am thrilled to announce that I've been nominated for an Alberta Literary Award for the short short I wrote for EDify Magazine in October! Since I am rarely nominated for anything and the last time I even placed in an Alberta writing contest was 1982, [...]

Library Picks Page Mar10 2020 CLICK THAT LINK! ^ I love this thematically planned way of advertising my upcoming mystery writing workshop presentation out at the Sherwood Park Library with Writer-in-Residence, Conni Massing! See my book, tucked in there by two of the greatest of antecedents! I hope loads of people decide to come; it's [...]

https://thelitteriseeproject.com/  I am so pleased to be part of this project, as of February 24, 2020. I hope you enjoy my entry, a reaction to a photo of detritus sent to me by the amazing coordinator of this vision. While you are there, check out some of the other offerings by Canadian writers we all [...]

I feel as if I should apologize to all the single people out there in North America who are being bombarded with Valentine’s propaganda from every side. It’s not enough that chocolatiers and florists and card shops are advertising – I've even seen a cupid swinging over a display of grapefruit at the grocery store. [...]

People have been asking me what I am working on now, and while I am writing a few smaller pieces to appear on cans and in magazines, I am working hard on a stand-alone thriller. Well, I think it's thrilling...however, I live a very quiet life.