News and Musings

The Day Before Book Bums

For two hours, authors will ask each other three questions from the comfort and safety of the space ...

Two Days to Book Bums

Question #3 from my fellow Book Bum Workshop authors: What are you looking to tackle next year? Answ ...

Three Days to Book Bums

Question #2 from my fellow authors virtually attending this annual workshop: What do you need help w ...

Four Days to Book Bums

Saturday workshop question #1: What have I worked on and/or learned in the past year? A timely move ...

Three Questions Two Workshop Hours

Book Bums authors will meet virtually this year. For the first time, our tribes of loyal and new rea ...

Capital Strings

The fate of a nation and lives on the line Prime Minister Evan Reid “I hold a string that ...

Friday Life Footnotes

“Happy Birthday, Daddy” “Well, hell-OOOH.” I grin at the sound of the steady ...

Hello Again

I’M (ALMOST) BACK! After a 2,100 mile move from my Iowa hometown to Atlantic Canada last summe ...

4 Tales From Heartland + Love Unlikely

IT’S HERE! By popular request from my book loving readers – The paperback version of Tal ...

Spotting Ideas

  Where do you get your ideas? Whether at a workshop I lead, an author panel I’m on, or m ...