I spent a good portion of a day in John Dean Provincial Park this week. Friends of mine live on its border and I am ashamed to admit, even though I have spent countless hours and weekends with them, outside of a few times jogging on the lower trail near their home, I have never actually ventured into those woods. …
I love the Olympics and thoroughly enjoyed cheering our athletes on but it was a major distraction. Now that the Olympics are over I have been trying to keep my nose to the grindstone this last week. The grindstone being this new journey I am on. It isn’t a grindstone really, but a polishing stone, …
…and so do their boats. As someone who is extremely motion sensitive spending time on a boat typically poses a problem. I have always been attracted to the water, I love the beach, I love snorkeling, and just hearing the crash of the waves on the shores soothes my soul. I actually live about 100 metres …
Having made the decision to finally focus my energies on taking one of my works in progress through to a submittable manuscript, I am in editing and research mode. As much as historical fiction is my main passion, I am finding that the project that is closest to completion is a contemporary novel. The working title …
My mother recently celebrated 100 years of life, and after the celebrations were over, I came across this piece I wrote while at University. TWO DEGREES FROM ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Jean Ditmars, my mother, was born during World War I, survived the Great Depression, learned to shoot in her late teens and once nearly emasculated her …
Considering the title of my last post and some changes I have made in my professional life, the above title is fitting. I did it. I bit the bullet. I quit my day job. No, I am not yet making a living off my writing. The hope is there and I needed to make some changes …
If you are like me I would much prefer to spend my days, surrounded by books, researching and writing, which was what I loved most about University. But alas, researching and writing fiction will not yet keep my books protected from the elements nor me housed, clothed and fed. So, as much as I lament …
I have a friend I have known for years, who, about a year ago, expressed a desire to write on a more consistent basis. Last Spring I asked her if she would be interested in getting together once a week for the purpose of focusing on our writing. Happily, she said yes and in the …
Why does a writer choose to write in the genre they do? For me, my first love and passion is historical fiction, with a focus on the Middle Ages. This has been a period of history that I have always found fascinating, and the more I learn about this time in our human journey, the …