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Alternate Book Cover: After The Virus

So I have received some feedback that the current ebook cover I am using for After The Virus is a little dark (aka doesn’t “pop” enough) and not as genre specific as it could be, but I find that I’m a little concerned about making a change when I have already begun branding the book […]

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In the garden: Sweet peas…

These sweet peas just came into bloom (that is how awful our weather has been in Vancouver this spring/summer). They are in the window box on the kitchen window so I can see them from inside while prepping dinner or baking – so pretty and sweet (they are obviously aptly named). The pinks really stand […]

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From the garden: Strawberries, Blueberries & Raspberries

Not sure this could even be considered a small batch harvest… maybe a teeny, tiny harvest? However tiny, this luscious handful of berries rocked last night’s ice cream dessert, so there are certainly no complains in the (big!!) taste department.

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After The Virus – now on iBooks!

After The Virus is now available on iBooks. $2.99 (allowing for currency conversions) on all six i-Tunes stores: iTunes Canada iTunes USA iTunes UK iTunes Germany iTunes France iTunes Australia _________   So please select one of the above links to read this post-apocalyptic love story via iBooks. Synopsis: After the virus decimates 99.9% of the […]

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Around The Web Monday with After The Virus

New review by Gertie on Goodreads! 4 stars! This also happens to be the FIRST review for After The Virus on Goodreads – YAY! Also spotted on the After The Virus Goodreads page a 4 star rating from A Book Vacation. I eagerly await her review!! A new Kindle Highlight via Thomas, who just can’t seem to […]

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What a lovely fall we are having…

It is pissing rain Vancouver. PISSING. I can feel my autumn instincts trying to kick in. Suddenly, I crave hot chocolate paired with a good book, or to bake dinner rolls or corn bread or at least a bunch of cookies, with spaghetti or maybe chili for dinner… then knitting a blanket or sweater in […]

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An Interview with Author Bryan R. Dennis

This post is part of a Blog Tour supporting Indie Authors and their self-published books. I hope you enjoy getting a little bit of insight into the writer’s mind & craft. If you like what you read, please consider supporting the author by checking out their work (links below). Pitch us your book! A self-deluded […]

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Blog tour: guest author for a day

Continuing the blog tour theme around here, check out this guest post on Lena Hillbrand’s blog in which I pontificate on the the use of screenplay structure in the 1st draft of a novel. Now, if I only followed my own advice, think how many more of these first draft novels I’d have completed!

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An Interview with Author Lena Hillbrand

This post is part of a Blog Tour supporting Indie Authors and their self-published books. I hope you enjoy getting a little bit of insight into the writer’s mind & craft. If you like what you read, please consider supporting the author by checking out their work (links below). Q. Pitch us your book! A. […]

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#Trust30 – Image

Image by Matthew Stillman Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Mess up your hair. If you are […]