So… I don’t know if you’ve heard of a woman called Meghann Foye or her book Meternity, but let me give you the Coles notes version of the recent drama. It’s a novel about a woman who decides to fake a pregnancy so that she can take a maternity leave to get a little “me time” […]
“Are you writing a series?” asked bestselling author, C.J. Carmichael. I looked around at our writers’ group meeting and there was a mixture of nodding or shaking heads. “If not, you should be!” As it turns out, I am actually writing a series, making her presentation even more gripping than anticipated. Readers Fall in Love With […]
It’s kind of a big deal when you get to meet your professional hero. The proverbial ‘they’ say that you should never meet your heroes, that they often disappoint, but last week when I met Dan Pallotta, there was no disappointment to be had. For those of you who don’t know who he is, Dan is […]
The biggest question of all is how have I never followed Canada Reads until now? What the what? For those of you readers, Canadian or otherwise, who don’t know what Canada Reads is, it’s a battle of the books type of competition where five Canadian books are chosen and each is represented by a celebrity […]
On this haunted Halloween, the only thing scarier than ghouls and goblins has to be the slush pile. When I first heard about the ‘slush edition’ at the annual When Words Collide conference, the idea sounded intriguing, exciting. In practice, it is intriguing and exciting, but also nerve-wracking and it plays havoc with your confidence. […]
I know, I know, don’t judge a book by its cover. Read the blurb. Form an educated opinion. You know what? There’s just too little time in a day and too many books on the market for me to read the blurb of every book in a genre that I’m interested in. Setting aside book […]