I received a surprise letter in the snail mail box last week — my Canadian citizenship application was granted and I was to swear my oath on December 18th. This was a surprise because the process had been super-fast. Most citizenship applications take 18 months to work their way through the system, but I applied […]
G’day, Mate, I’m Canadian!…Eh! Read More »
I’ve quit the day job…and now my Mum is arriving from Australia today, for a whole month. This is her first white Christmas. It will be the first time she’s experienced a cold below 10C or so, her first time to see snow, Christmas lights on every house, and to walk out onto a frozen
The Holiday Season is here. Read More »
I have been waiting more than twenty years to write this post. Today is my last day working a day job. At the end of today, I’m quitting to write full time, which is something I have been working towards for at least two decades – basically, since I started taking writing seriously. I’ve never
I Freakin’ Quit!!! Read More »
It’s been a busy summer so far. Currently Underway I’ve done all the world building and I’m a few chapters into a brand new series. This one is science fiction romance. Space Opera! Think Star Wars (Han Solo, anyone?), Star Trek, and really cool movies like Jupiter Ascending. The series is called the Interspace series
News – July 27, 2015 Read More »
I know I’ve said it before and this isn’t even the first year I’ve said it, but holy moly, this year is going fast! Half-way through already. Today is a national holiday in Canada. If you’re north of the 48th, have a great day – hope the sun is shining where you are! I’ll be
I have been very, very patient for over ten weeks now, waiting for the final episode of Game of Thrones to air. Neither of us has watched any of it, and we’ve turned into superior contortionists, twisting our way past major spoilers. Now we get our reward. We’re going to race around and get the
It’s going to be a GoT weekend! Read More »
Life is very interesting at the moment, but I can’t point to a single event and say “there, that’s why,” because there isn’t one. Life is just…nice. I’m managing to get an enormous amount of writing done, which should please everyone. I just finished a short story from the Kiss Across Time series for a
My Life/Working Notes – May 20, 2015 Read More »
Star Wars is the reason I’m writing. Han Solo’s infamous “I know” is the reason I’m writing romance. (For the full story, click here and also here.). So it would be almost criminal for me to ignore Star Wars day. I’m so looking forward to the new movie! Han Solo is back! And I tripped
May the Fourth Be With You… Read More »
Today is my brother’s birthday. He passed on five years ago, but I still acknowledge the date for a few moments during the day. As I write this, our household is recovering from the Birthaversary party. We did, indeed, have a party and it was a very lively one, too! I don’t drink alcohol, but
My Life/Working Notes – March 6, 2015 Read More »
If you’re new to this blog, you probably aren’t aware that Mark and I have the same birthday, and that’s also the day we met and the day we got married (a year apart!). That just happens to be today and this is our 18th wedding anniversary. Traditionally, ever since I got to Canada, we