I don’t watch movies like I used to. But when I find one I enjoy, I must share it with the world. So I thought I’d create a new category about the latest movie I popped into my DVD player, or recorded on PVR. I’m a HUGE Mad Max fan. I have been ever since …
Right now I’m watching the South African Open (when I am also supposedly writing). Most would think, “What? Golf? Seriously?” I love golf–watching and playing. To prove anything can happen during a tournament, I present you with golfers who’ll do the unthinkable to save par or even a birdie…literally! Here are six gents who stripped …
I’ve been knee-deep in non-fiction for the past couple of months. The other day I downloaded some fiction…finally. How I’ve missed reading fiction–especially historical fiction. I did a previous post about Sue Harrison‘s Ivory Carver Trilogy. I’m finally starting her Storyteller Trilogy. Here are the blurbs for each story: Song of the River: Eighty centuries …
Wishing you a wonderful 2018!
I thought I’d post today in case it gets a lil crazy to get online tomorrow.
For my blog, I came up with the idea of listing my 12 favourite Christmas songs.
In Canuckville, we’re still without snow (just because I said that, a blizzard will whisk through here). We got dumped on at the end of October and enjoyed the white fluffy stuff for a couple of weeks since the temp was hovering around -12 Celsius. Then a warm spell wooshed in and stole all our …
And her name is Frankie Drake. The producers of Murdoch Mysteries have developed a new TV series starring a female sleuth and her savvy sidekicks. Follow Frankie, her partner Trudy, morality officer Mary, and morgue attendant Flo, as they take on cases the police won’t handle, or can’t handle, in 1920s Toronto. Be on the …
This is a great place developed by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, creators of Writing Helping Writers and their most famous tool for a writer out there–the Emotion Thesaurus. One Stop for Writers is what it says. You have access to all of the thesaurus’ written by Becca and Angela (besides the Emotion Thesaurus), such …
Looking for a new author? Enjoy contemporary romance set in Canada? Why not give V.J. Allison’s Stricken a buy? Blurb: Love deserves a second chance… Ewan Campbell once thought he had it all – he was a rising star in the real estate field, popular with his peers, and engaged to his employer’s cousin, the …
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month
Based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by author Louise Erdrich, this book store is a great place to shop for Native American and First Nations fiction such as Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend by Erika Wurth, Dirty Copper by Jim Northrup, and a host of other exciting titles. If you’re looking to learn more about the …
I’m taking a wee break before starting Sue Harrison‘s Storyteller Trilogy, because something else caught my eye while I was browsing through Kobo the other day. Actually, two books caught my eye. The first is what’s currently in my e-reader, Waterlily, by the late Ella Cara Deloria. Written in the early 1940s and published well …
I’m starting another trilogy, this one by Sue Harrison. She has two trilogies available, one being the Ivory Carver and the other The Storyteller. I’m knee deep in Mother Earth, Father Sky, the first book in the Ivory Carver trilogy. So far this is an amazing read. Ms. Harrison breathes life into all of her …
If you like small town contemporary romance about close-knit families, pick up a book by Nancy Stopper. In January of 2017, her debut novella for the Oak Grove Series, set in a fictional town in Pennsylvania, hit the book shelves. The Oak Grove series revolves around the Bennett family: Mom, Dad, eldest son Lucas, middle …
There are a lot of great bands out there today who write some great ballads. So if you’re looking for some inspiration during writing time, or are a reader who enjoys hard rock, here are some recommendations from my own personal playlist.
I read the first book, Restoring Hope, in Ruth Ann Nordin’s Native American Romance series and was impressed enough by the hero’s sister that I purchased Brave Beginnings, Julia’s story. And yes, I’ll be buying the last in the trilogy, Bound by Honor, Bound by Love. Here is the blurb: Julia Milton has said good-bye …
When I’m reading, I flip between fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is what I take to bed before going to sleep. While on my lunch hour, I prefer to delve into non-fiction. The MMIW (missing and murdered Indigenous women) is a great problem in Canada. To find out more, I encourage you to visit this web …
I did a post on my favourite ’80s power ballads. This time I’m listing the best grunge ballads from number one to twelve.
Maggie Blackbird 