• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • Meeting Mary

    It was with a bit of trepidation that I invited Mary Stanik the author of Life Erupted to meet my writers group. For one, we are a meagre group of three writers still learning the craft. Secondly it was a bit of a distance for Mary to travel, to introduce her book for a potential…

  • From the prairies…

    My first book release party! This was a long drive into the northern prairies with pines and lakes. Long stretches of corn and sunflower fields. Cows and horses lazing around in the sun. Happy. Soaking in the winds that herald autumn. In a town called Menahga which means blueberry bush in the Chippewa language. Where…

  • 5 Traits of the Successful Author

    I found this great summary by Kristin Lamb! Reblogged from Kristin Lamb’s blog 5 Traits of the Successful Author The gateway to your destiny lies within. (Image courtesy of Maddelena on WANA Commons) I am off to THRILLERFEST in NYC, and I’m sure it will be thrilling….bada bump *snare*. Today, I want to talk about some fundamentals.…

  • Will

    Yet another lesson from the garden I poke around in the garden from time to time, sometimes I think, merely to challenge Nature. Stupid me. She has injected in each being, a will that is difficult to overcome or defeat. The will to live. Each winter perennials hibernate, safe in the knowledge that the cycle…