Toby Award
I was so thrilled when book 4 of my Cape Breton mystery series was shortlisted for the inaugural Toby Award. Sponsored by Rebound Press, my book NIGHT ROSE looks pretty fine sporting the new sticker!
Category: Awards
Whistler Independent Book Award
I’m delighted to announce that the latest book in my Cape Breton Mystery series, Heritage House, has been shortlisted for a Whistler Independent Book Award. This is a very prestigious award, and I’m so very honoured to have been shortlisted in the category ‘fiction’. The three finalists in each category will be announced on July […]
Readers’ Favorite (U.S.) Review
I should be used to this by now, but I’m not. With every positive comment for my latest novel, Torn Asunder, I’m thrilled and excited all over again. This one is especially gratifying as the reviewer talks about the key theme of the book (ie – how we influence others). Read the review below. Looking […]
Another Award for Torn Asunder: Winning Awards – The Real Story
Amidst the sad and scary news this week, I had a wonderful email land in my inbox. I was notified that my new Historical Fiction, Torn Asunder, had been awarded a Chill With A Book Premier Readers’ Award out of the U.K. As per the notification, A Premier Readers’ Award is only honoured to books that […]
Easter Harvest
My Round 1 Submission for the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest Update April 3, 2019: My story was selected #1 in my heat. Now I’m on to Round 2! The assignment was: 1. Genre: Action/Adventure 2. Subject: A Harvest 3. Character: A Truck Driver Emmet Ryan woke with a start. He lay still for a […]
Feeling Grateful
Spring seems to have finally arrived in Southern Ontario and it brings with it a renewed sense of purpose as the grass greens and buds hint at the arrival of new leaves. It’s with this joy in all things gardening that I’m especially honoured to be the recipient of a Len Cullen Scholarship. This (one […]
Celebrating Success
What does success look like? Like a chameleon, it takes on different colours and forms depending on the time in one’s life. For me, the time may come when being Shortlisted for an award like the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize may not be enough to warrant the great excitement; the throbbing heart; the near giddy joy that […]