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First radio interview for my book

I 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 […]

Another article about my book in Sou’Wester

I got a nice Valentine’s Day present this year. Our community newspaper reporter Pat Kelly, interviewed me at the end of January and wrote a very positive article which was published just before Valentine’s. The bonus of writing this book has been connections with friends and acquaintances, some of whom I have not heard from […]

Article by Indo-Canadian Telegram

Here is an article from the Indo-Canadian Telegram which is a paper published in Winnipeg and distributed free through many Indo-Canadian businesses. Last Monday I went to Dhoom’s restaurant for lunch with Robin. He had a doctor’s appointment and we thought we would grab some lunch before we went. Imagine my surprise when I stood waiting […]

Interview with Winnipeg’s Sou’wester Newspaper

Last 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 […]

Successful fireside reading

My 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 […]

First Fireplace reading this weekend

I’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. […]

Finally, my book is released!

I 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. […]

Blue Lotus manuscript edits finally done!

Finally…. 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 […]