Maggie Blackbird

Romancing Canada's Indigenous People

Book Hooks is a weekly meme hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog. Readers have the chance to jump from one author to another who share hooks from their current WIP (work in progress) or any previously published book. For this week’s edition of Book Hooks, here is a …

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Yes, Renewed, the sequel to Sanctified and book four in the Matawapit Family Series, is now available at Amazon for purchase.  Be sure to get yourself a copy.  And then read on about my favourite romance couples in books.  Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****

My inspiration for writing the Matawapit Family Series came from the many talks I had with my Dad, who attended two.  The purpose of these schools was to assimilate Canada’s First People into Western society.  The schools had a devastating impact on the aboriginal population.  The Matawapit Family Series touches on the intergenerational trauma the …

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I won.  Yes, as of November 25th, I completed a total of 50,851 words.  In my previous NaNo update, I mentioned I was shooting for 60k by the end of the month.  If I write 2k a day, which I have been since November 15th, I’ll meet this goal. I’m on chapter eighteen for Sanctified, …

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Yes, I’m participating.  So I thought I’d give a quick update of my writing goals and progress until the end of the year.  As you know, Blessed was released on July 06, 2018, the first book in the Matawapit Family Trilogy. At the end of October, I finished the fourth draft for Redeemed, Book Two, …

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A mixed-blood Catholic seminarian struggles to discern his true calling: the priesthood or his ex-lover, a proud but damaged Ojibway man. Blessed is now available for purchase at eXtasy Books. It’s been ten years since Emery Matawapit sinned, having succumbed to temptation for the one thing in his life that felt right, another man. In …

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It’s time for another writing update.  I finished reviewing the galley.  eXtasy Books has scheduled a release for Blessed on Friday, June 29, 2018. Logline:  A mixed-blood Catholic seminarian struggles to discern his true calling: the priesthood or his ex-lover, a proud but damaged Ojibway man.

It’s been a long time since I’ve last done a writing update.  I’m happy to say I’ve contracted the first book of my Ojibway romance trilogy with eXtasy Books. As I go through the editing process, I thought I’d share my logline and blurb. A mixed-blood Catholic seminarian struggles to discern his true calling:  the …

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