I received a text from my mom this morning, telling me the bad news. One of my favourite authors, award-winning Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, had passed away. Immediately, I went online to check. Sure enough, the Globe and Mail confirmed the worst. At the time, Richard was working on a sequel to his acclaimed novel …
Being a die-hard music fan, I enjoy memoirs and autobiographies by groupies and WAGS (wives and girlfriends)–the lovely ladies who inspired many of the songs we love. What about those who work in the music industry or became part of the band’s inner-circle? They’re included, too, because these gals kicked some serious ass. Have a …
I can’t think of one reader who doesn’t enjoy a nice cover on a romance novel. Covers are important to readers and writers. If you see an awful cover, it makes you go “hmmm.” See a good cover and you want to find out more. And what author doesn’t dream up the perfect model to …
If you enjoy First Nations literary and non-fiction, I highly recommend the works by Richard Wagamese. My dad introduced me to this author a couple of years ago when he gave me Richard’s For Joshua: A Native Father Teaches his Son for Christmas–a novel about what occurred to Richard as a result of the “sixties …
I won’t mention the golf tournaments I record, because I think a lot of readers aren’t too interested in watching men hit little white balls off the grass LOL. I will talk about TV shows that have captured my attention in hopes I can entice you to become a viewer. Sound fair? For this post …
I read a lot of historical romance. One problem I’ve encountered is finding books starring Indigenous heroines. Continent doesn’t matter. I’m game for North America, South America, Africa, Australia, etc. After digging and digging, I came across a few authors who write aboriginal women in starring roles. Vella Munn: I featured this author in another …
Now that I finally have a connection faster than dial-up, I thought I’d start something new for my blog–Author Alert. Every time you see the alert badge to the right, it means I’ve come across an author I’ve discovered and wish to share with the world. My hope? To introduce you to the writer who …
No, it isn’t. It’s quite limiting. So I’m comforted with the fact there are ten million people using dial-up right now. I’m not sure who these people are, but it’s still comforting. Hubby and I live in the country, so dial-up is our only means of accessing the Internet. Sure, we’ve tried to find some …
I’m trying my best to keep the blog updated, but dial-up makes this challenging. Thank goodness for high-speed at hubby’s business LOL. Anyhoo, I wanted to share with you what I’m reading. I won this book at Romance Divas during their NGTC week. It’s Serve and Protect by Megan Linden. Here is the blurb: What …
Wow, it’s been a long time since I last updated my blog. I must confess dial-up is not WordPress friendly, LOL. It gets frustrating when a simple post takes over an hour to upload. But I’m going to do my best to try regularly update again. The book I wish to introduce to you is …
I downloaded Ali’s Victory by Kat Duncan into my e-reader. I must confess I beta-read the MS hehe. Anyhoo, it’s a great story so check it out. What young widow Ali Granger doesn’t know can put her six feet under. Her boss, a medical advocate fighting drug companies, has been murdered, and she’s on the …
Today at Romance, She Wrote, I have author, singer, and songwriter, Brooklyn James, in the interview chair. She has an upcoming release, Let It Go, that we’ll be talking about. 1. In the past, you’ve written across genres (coming of age, women’s fiction, supernatural thriller, nonfiction). How would you classify your upcoming release, Let It …
Today, Romance She Wrote has author, writing instructor, and mentor Kat Duncan in the interview chair. Before we get started, I’m proud to say Kat is my mentor. I took a series of workshops she taught a year or two back. When I encountered difficulties, I emailed Kat about a question. After we hashed out …
Today, Romance, She Wrote is pleased to have multi-pubbed author, Patricia Bates, in the interview chair. As a new writer, I’ve been bombarding Patricia with questions about publication, web presence, craft, and whatever else is on a newbie’s mind. Patricia has graciously accepted my offer to answer questions new writers ask experienced authors. The “advice” …
Being a total music junkie (yes, look at my blog posts because the majority are devoted to music), I can listen to just about anything, although my preference is metal and hard rock. Through Sissy, I was introduced to sixties rock, sixties girl groups, and Neil Diamond. Uh huh, my seventeen-year-old heroine digs Neil. So …
First off, thank you to everyone for participating yesterday. You made Kat’s guest blog at Romance, She Wrote a successful one. As promised, one luck winner gets a copy of Kat’s new book Telling Grammar. Angel, your name was drawn. Kat will be in emailing you some time today. For more writing tips, be sure …
Today’s guest blogger is Kat Duncan, creator and instructor for Want Style? Get Grammar – 101 – 103. I took this workshop a year or two ago (my memory isn’t that great). I also have a copy of her craft book Telling Grammar. I don’t know about you, but whenever I heard the word grammar, …
Yes, a little early am I not? LOL. I must admit I’ve been suffering a terrible toothache since Monday. Well, not a toothache since it’s the one I had a root canal done on. Darn dentist is making me wait and see how the antibiotics work (saw him this morning). So when you’re up all …
I’ve been so busy researching for another ms that my reading time has been devoted to history books! LOL. Time for a quick break, huh? Being a Canuck, I LOVE a Canadian setting. Elise Whyles is a Canadian author and her Canadian Heroes series naturally takes place in Alberta, Canada. The first book is Five …
…hack your way through the forest. Yeah, that about sums up my situation. Over at LiveJournal, I can recall starting a new LJ to record my journey to publication. I did this around June 2010…I think. Thanks to the dry eyes, I won’t be pursuing traditional or e publishing. There is no way I can …
Maggie Blackbird 