Reader Recognition – that’s what my newsletter is all about. Recognizing that, without you, I wouldn’t have a writing career. You read, recommend, and review my books. Once a month you’ll get my newsletter letting you know when I have a new release, and telling you about a book on…
“The mingled smells of hot horse and cold river mist filled my nostrils.” – First line of Dead Cert, by Dick Francis (first published 1962) And that is why I’m re-reading Dick Francis. Because I read that sentence, and I want to read the next one, and the next one,…
Reasons I am lucky … I ride this beautiful horse, under these beautiful skies, in this beautiful field. And, my husband comes along to keep me company (and provide video services!).
For anyone who has wanted a paperback version of Objects in Mirror with the new, improved, cover, and in the trim size that matches my other books … well, it’s here! You can order a copy right now, from Amazon … next up is After Lucas 🙂
The Island Series Prequel – Six-Month Horse – is now available for sale at just $0.99! Get this novella – the story that starts the series – and get a taste of the island in the autumn while finding out how Meg meets Major.
When my friend Sandra Gulland emailed me to ask if I’d be interested in reading an ARC of her upcoming YA novel, The Game of Hope, I said I had a better idea – I’d like to offer a copy out to my readership. Sandra writes riveting, accurate, page-turning historical…
It’s been colder than cold in Ottawa … in Ontario … in most of Canada, this holiday season. But it’s also been very, very sunny, and pretty, and definitely fresh. I’ve been able to get outside with my favourite people. And that makes me feel happy, and hopeful, and keen…
"Crowd and Stage" taken by Benjamin Cook - http://bit.ly/2zDMoQP
All four of us were mostly sick for Christmas. I don’t like to say it ruined Christmas but it was pretty hard to savour the moment, or be in the spirit, or breathe … However, silver linings and all that, when the other two had gone to bed early because…
Fall Line has a new cover. You won’t be surprised to hear there’s a reason for the new cover. When I launched Fall Line, I kind of messed up. You see, I worked really hard on getting the skiing stuff *right* in that book. I know my readers really appreciate…
Quite often, while I’m doing mundane, repetitive tasks (e.g. replacing selective “n” dashes in my manuscript with “m” dashes), I listen to CBC podcasts. Yesterday, a short (six-minute) piece from Cross-Country Check-up caught my eye. The title was “‘Our house was chaos’: For this man, Christmas and alcohol is a…