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, […]
Work, Mom, work….beach. Read More
…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
Folks on Boats Rock… Read More
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
Research. Not Always Smooth Sailing. Read More
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
The Case for Not Quitting Your Day Job Read More