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Woman On The Wall Finds A New Home
It is with great excitement that I announce that my debut novel, Woman On The Wall, will be released on Sept. 6, 2022. While it has taken a whole lot of work to get to this point, much more heavy lifting comes from this point on. I’d like to encourage all of you who have […]
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A little Kid and Adult Reading This Term
Made it over to Vancouver Kidsbooks today to score the reading my students will do this term through QACW. Of course, I had to make a few personal purchases to add to the growing to-read stack for myself.
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Winter Fortress of Solitude Refresh
Alright, I haven’t exactly spent a whole lot of time blogging about writing this year. I could blame the pandemic or being an entrepreneur. I’ve been heads-down with just about everything involved in teaching writing to more than 60 students, spent a whole lot of time with editors, and learned so much in the middle […]
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Victoria Writing Retreat
September in Victoria, B.C. is the perfect time of year to escape the pandemic to log some serious writing time. Ahhhhh.
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The Deep Edits Are Almost Done
This part of the editing process for me has been intense. I’ve spent almost twelve weeks re-writing The Woman On The Wall and really shifting my mental approach to storytelling. It’s beautiful, really. I’ve learned so much about myself and discovered that I truly love writing historical fantasy (turns out all of those years of […]
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Pounding Through Re-Writes
Medieval hymns piping through my headphones as I pore through photos from my research trip to France. The search for the true Mona Lisa continues with this latest draft of Woman On The Wall.
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Characterization
After I started working with a developmental editor in late October of 2021, it became very apparent that I would need to complete a pretty hefty re-write of The Woman On The Wall in order to get it to where it needed to be. First thing up, a reset of the protagonist. I always start […]