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It was one of the songs that was on the soundtrack of my childhood: a constant on the radio, like Hey Jude or Delta Dawn or any one of a number of other ubiquitous early 70's hits. In retrospect I think what I grew up hearing was the 1971 Roger Whittaker cover rather than the …
This is something I've wanted to write about for a long time, but it's hard to write about. Not because it's an emotionally difficult subject -- it's not, at all, for me. It's hard to write about because the typical responses to talking about this topic are so predictable and not helpful. If you talk …
March 14 was the two-year anniversary of the first case of Covid-19 reported in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was also the day when, despite astronomically high case rates and record deaths, the NL government followed suit with governments all over the country and in many parts of the world in rushing to declare victory over …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ_5jxILmok It's hard having a book come out right before a major wave of Covid cases and not getting to do any live readings. I miss that. So I scheduled a Facebook "Live" reading event the other night. Virtual live doesn't have the same energy as actual live, but it is fun, and has the …
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The other day I posted this picture on my social media to celebrate a small personal milestone: I reached the end of the first draft of A Company of Rogues, which will be book 3 in my Cupids Trilogy and is scheduled to be released in Fall 2023. (If you look closely you can probably …
Well, the curse has come true. We live in interesting times. It friggin sucks and I personally had hoped to avoid this. I hoped to live out my allotted span on this earth in an era without any new world wars, great depressions, or global pandemics. Basically nothing that would be a required essay question …
Since I've already given you a list of my favourite books, I'll continue with the list motif and tell you some of the TV shows I really enjoyed in the past year. I'll be honest: most of my TV time is spent watching Star Trek reruns. But occasionally I do take a chance and dip …
This is not exactly ground-breaking news, but I read a lot of books this year. I get different totals by look at my Goodreads account, my Pinterest page, and this blog, because I don't always remember to record every book in every case, so for a year-end total I'm going with the Pinterest board, because …
Sometimes people share a meme online where they ask, "What would you be doing if you'd fulfilled your childhood dream for when you grew up?" Mine is the most boring answer: exactly this. I never wanted to (or was qualified to, really) do anything but teach and write. I decided in about Grade 2 or …
I'm usually a pretty honest person, partly because of morals and partly because I'm a terrible liar. But 23 years ago, when I became a parent, I discovered that parenthood ushered in a whole new era for me, one in which lying often made things easier for everyone, and lies were told to an audience …
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