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Sheesh — that Darby gets around. Today’s she’s off to Terrace, British Columbia, to chat with the funny and talented writer Ev Bishop. [You can check out her gorgeous picture on Darby’s site right now, if you have a mind to…]. Ev is a writer for all seasons — she pens incredible short fiction that’sContinue reading “Terrace, BC!”

Holy Crow — what a great day. My new book FACING FIRE hit the stores, and Darby continues to rampage through the internets, on the blog tour of the century! [In her case, actually of three centuries…] For a step-by-step update on where she’s been and going, you can click HERE for Darby’s blog. Or,Continue reading “Darby’s Blog-odyssey Continues…”

My new book got here today. Perhaps I should have brushed my hair before pressing ‘click’… Anyway — there is nothing that compares to holding one’s new book in one’s hands. It NEVER gets old.  Many thanks to my most excellent and wonderful editor Amy Black for sending my copy on. Coincidentally, I also sawContinue reading “Arrival…”

Well, here we are. The first day of October, and the celebration of the arrival of FACING FIRE begins! Darby is going her own way on this, and beginning a blog tour today that will take her far and wide. Check the Upcoming Events page for her schedule. For her first foray into the WideContinue reading “CONTEST!!!”

…and there’s gonna be a conflagration! The new book is here — like the cover? And Darby and I are in celebration mode. She’s back on her blog, [Darby Speaks] and about to launch more than a month’s long blog tour, spreading the joy and scattering books in her wake. Each day, Darby will beContinue reading “Darby’s Back…”

…that when one is in the house alone for the very first time after knee surgery, enjoying one’s very first shower, a hard-wired smoke alarm in the ceiling above a stairwell has to malfunction and start buzzing like a jackhammer. Further, the law must state that said events have to happen at 6:30 am, whenContinue reading “There has to be a law…”

So. Been a bit of a busy time, lately. Lots going on. I plan to report much of the excitement with separate blog posts, but in short — the Surrey Conference is coming and going to be better than ever, Word on the Street Vancouver yesterday was a gas, met tonnes of fun and fabulousContinue reading “Some of what’s new…”

Holy crow — it’s coming fast! The 18th annual SiWC is just around the corner. We’re just compiling the entries now from the scads of snail and e-mails received for the contest, and it’s looking pretty good. But if you haven’t checked the website lately, please do…SO much is happening! Here are a few thoughtsContinue reading “Surrey International Writing Conference Update”

Back home again, safe and sound [if slightly jetlagged], but I’d like to continue my odyssey to Orkney here with a look at the amazing Ring of Brodgar… My most recent post took a peek at the astonishing Neolithic village of Skara Brae. The people who lived in the settlement fished and hunted and evenContinue reading “Ring of Brodgar”

I’m safely back across a Very Wavy North Sea, now, and survived a Very Odd Encounter with a Highland Gnome, so I think in order to forget the trauma of those two events, it’s time for a new blog post. I’ve got a bit of a whiffy internet connection, but I’ll try to share someContinue reading “Skara Brae”