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A farewell to Edmonton’s Glass Door Coffee House series, written by organizer Dolly Dennis. I really enjoyed participating with Tracy Hamon last November. Thanks for the memories, Dolly!

Shaun Hunter writes about something close to my heart in her blog series Writing the City: Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers . I will be following this series with interest in the coming days! As for me, I’m hard at work on my new novel. Part of my research required me to go spend some…

Motivation can be a problem for writers. Staying on track and meeting goals can also be challenging. If you’re one of these writers, check out my friend Suzanne Harris’s website, here. Suzanne helps writers to get on track and stay on track. As well, she is the creator of Olivewood & Laurel writing retreats in Kardamyli,…

On Tuesday, May 12th at 7 PM, I will be on a discussion panel as part of the Marda Loop Communities Association’s 2015 Fireside Chat Series. Looking forward to talking about the creative process with Cheryl Foggo and Garry Ryan. Come and join us for some wine, cheese and interesting chat. Also coming up, on…

Tomorrow night is Owl’s Nest Books 40th Anniversary Party. Forty years as an independent bookseller is really something to celebrate! Looking forward to joining in the fun. Friday, May 1st I’m taking part in a Jane’s Walk, Writing the City, led by Shaun Hunter. We meet at the Memorial Park Cenotaph at 6:00 PM and…

I see I have a few events on the horizon which I have been thinking are really quite far away yet. Not so! On April 22, I’ll be taking part in the 40th Anniversary Party at Owl’s Nest Books at 815A 49th Avenue SW, in the Brittania Shopping Plaza On May 2nd, I’ll be back at…

My interview with Emily Ursuliak of CJSW Radio’s Writers’ Block program is now available for listening in podcast format, here. We talked back in November about After You’ve Gone, and a bunch of other things. Thanks once again, Emily! Such a pleasure meeting and chatting with you.

That’s right  — tonight is at last the night of YYC Winter’s Tale!  We get started at seven with readings from three, count ’em, three poets — Joan Shillington, Tyler Perry and Vivian Hansen — as well as three fiction writers: myself, Lee Kvern and Sarah Johnson. We were a little concerned about the weather…

Thanks again to Emily Ursuliak, this time for the interview on CJSW’s Writers’ Block program, which aired last night. While I was teaching, of course. I’ll post a link to the podcast when it’s up on the Writers’ Block website. It’s a taped interview (obviously); I had a blast talking to Emily last fall about…

I’m often asked by my students what I think of self-publishing. Sometimes I get the feeling that some of the younger ones particularly think I’m a bit of a dinosaur, what with my old school approach; I’m convinced that traditional publishing is the way to go almost all the time. There are a few circumstances…