By the time you read this, The Branded Rose Prophecy should be finished and moved into the production process. I haven’t changed the release date on the book’s page yet, because when I wrote this blog post, I was still trying to wrap it up. I’m within a quarter-of-an-inch of finishing it and don’t want […]
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I honestly can’t believe it’s that time of the year again. Holey moley, this year has winged past faster than last year seemed to, and last year left me with whiplash. For everyone celebrating Thanksgiving today, I hope you have a fabulous, relaxing, happy day with your friends, family and a special someone (or two…!)
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So you might have noticed a little pause in blog posts this last week. That was the sound of my life catching up with me. I’ve been sewing dresses for weddings, attending weddings, and took the first vacation in about five years where I actually stayed at home. So what did I do at home?
It’s Labour Day here in Canada and also in the US. Normally, I use holidays like this to write all day (one of my personal pleasures). But my mother arrives in Canada on Friday, and my house is still recovering from renovation chaos (we’re still trying to get last minute stuff done). So I know
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It’s Heritage Day here in Alberta, one of two provincial public holidays in the year. So while the rest of the world works, we play. For me, it’s a bonus day, as I got Friday as an earned day off, so that turned the weekend into a four-day break. Very welcome right now, too –
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This is Part II of a two-part post. You can read Part I here. The Second Dark Spread Fast forward five more years, and Mark and I were doing a six-month special reading, one for each other. I don’t remember now what his was like. But I remember mine. Nearly every single one of the
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This is Part I of a two-part post. Because I can never write short. 🙂 I had never seen Tarot cards until I arrived in Canada. I knew what they were, but wasn’t much interested in fortune telling, which in my opinion was right down there with snake oil, charms and tea-leaf reading – they
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Renovations are killing me. My hands have never been so sore and swollen, as frequently as they have been. And my body aches in places I didn’t realize I had muscles until now. We’re a bit behind schedule right now, so every spare moment is taken up by hanging drywall, prepping and painting, all before
My Life/Working Notes – The Cover, The Cover! Read More »
By the time you read this post, I’m hoping that the first draft of THE book – you know, the one that’s taken me months, so far – The Branded Rose Prophecy – should be finished. It’s that iceberg principle all over again. It took weeks and weeks to get the research, plotting and outline
My Life/Working Notes – July 18, 2014 Read More »
Oh, things are progressing so incredibly slow at the moment. The current book is so huge in scale – The Branded Rose Prophecy is BIG – which I’ve been told by at least one reader is good (and I was also told “about time”, too). The first draft is underway after weeks of plotting and
My Life/Working Notes – June 6, 2014 Read More »