I had my interview this morning with Terry MacLeod of +CBC’s Weekend Morning Show on 89.3 FM . Robin and I woke up very early to go to the radio/tv station for 7:20am. The interview was at 7:50am and lasted for about 7-8 minutes but a lot was covered during those few minutes and I thought […]
Read MoreI went into +McNally Robinson Booksellers today to see for myself what several people were telling me – that they saw different advertisements in the store about the upcoming reading and signing on Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Atrium. Just inside of the parking lot entrance, guess what I saw? Me! There I […]
Read MoreI am getting very excited about my public book launch at McNally Robinson on March 16, 2014 at 2:00 pm. I was asked by several people if I would do a book launch there because McNally is noted for supporting local talent. I have to say that’s been entirely true. I’ve been communicating with John […]
Read MoreI had my first radio interview today on CJOB. I thought I would be nervous but I was characteristically calm. The interview was conducted by Dahlia Kurtz and she quite easy to talk to. She told be to forget that it was a radio interview and just to think of it as a conversation […]
Read MoreLast night I was interviewed for my book by a reporter for the Sou’wester which is a community newspaper distributed to residents of the South end of the city of Winnipeg. The reporter was quite lovely and I thought the interview went well. She is published once a month in the paper so it will likely show up […]
Read MoreMy first fireside reading at Sharm’s went very well. There were about 12 people in attendance. I selected three different parts of the book and after reading the first two, one of which is the part when I first heard about Dad’s cancer, I could not read the third passage so Sharm took over and […]
Read MoreI’m very excited to have what I am going to call my official launch for my book this weekend to be hosted by Sharm and Sophie. It’s on Sunday afternoon at Sharm’s house and so far, we are expecting about 15 people. It’s a small group but I think it’s going to be rather intimate. […]
Read MoreI have been working on this major project for about a year and finally I am rewarded with a the final product – my book titled: In Search of the Blue Lotus. I am always up for learning new things and self-publishing was no different – that is, it’s about continuing to learn. […]
Read MoreFinally…. I am done writing … for now… Can you hear my great big whoop of joy? I am so crazy happy right now that I can hardly believe it. I spent most of the day yesterday at my computer and finally finished the last of my edits to my manuscript for my book. At […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday Ronin!!! I am again celebrating my youngest grandbaby’s 4th birthday. I asked him a few days ago if he was looking forward to his birthday and he said yes and pretty soon after his 4th birthday, he’s going to be 5. It’s interesting that when we are young, we can’t wait to be older and when […]
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