Summer Time and the Living is Easy
We spent July on holidays because my husband's family came west for a change to visit us. And we took in our favourite two things in the summer: Goldeyes Baseball games and the Assiniboine Park Zoo!The Winnipeg Goldeyes belong to the American Independent Baseball...
Why Christians Shouldn't Talk About Sin…
Photo credit: John Towner I'm glad to see June in the rear view mirror. It's been filled with political turmoil, anger everywhere in the news and on social media, and more mass shootings.There's no sign these things will stop when the calendar turns over to...
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Before Your First Writers Conference
Conference season is right around the corner and you’ll see scads of highbrow articles on what to do, what to see, who to talk to, and what not to do. So, how am I any different? What can I possibly tell you? I only two RWA Chapter...
SEVEN RULES OF GREAT CRITIQUE PARTNERS
Photo courtesy Joshua Ness of Unsplash You may be brand new to writing. You may be a Contest Diva, almost ready to publish and a veteran of several writing conferences. Or, you may be a debut author or on your tenth novel.At any of these stages you may...
RECKLESS LOVE OF GOD…
It's been a great week. We've been on holidays and taken in two baseball games with our Winnipeg Goldeyes - part of the American Baseball Association - and took the kids to see "Solo-A Star Wars Story". We spent time together doing family things that haven't been done...
Love Cuts Like A Knife…And So Do Words
This is what a conversation looked like on Twitter about a week ago. It was Chaos. Now, I'm not going to reiterate the problem here. An author trademarked a particular word and then issued other authors Cease & Desist letters ordering them to take down...
Mother's Day Weekend
Hello friends! As we head into Mother's Day weekend I'm finishing up the first round of edits on NORTHERN DECEPTION. So I thought I'd share my latest favourite song by Christian rock group Kutless. You've probably heard it in your own church already, but if not, I...
Today I'm a Guest!
Photo Credit Kaizan NyugenToday the wonderful Cynthia Herron is hosting me over on her blog at authorcynthiaherron.com She writes Homespun, Heartfelt fiction. Please pop over and join us!
Brand New YA Book from Stephanie Eding
LAURIE: Stephanie, I'm so glad you could join us today to talk about your new book and your writing journey. First of all, can you tell us a bit about Unanchored and what inspired you to write this story?STEPHANIE: Hi Laurie! Thanks so much for having...
Meet Debut Author Sharee Stover!
LAURIE: Sharee Stover, I'm so glad you could join us today to talk about your new book and your writing journey. First of all, can you tell us a bit about "Secret Past" and what inspired you to write this story?SHAREE: Thanks so much for having me here...
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