Saturday, March 24, 2012 – Workshop on Writing for the David Festival Church of the Ascension Hall, 266 North St. Port Perry, ON 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. I'll be teaching a 3-hour workshop that will give an "insider's" glimpse into the world of writing and help you create a plan for your next steps. [Read more...]
It might sounds weird, but I've just merged 4 sites with this one, so it is going to be a little messy here for a while. Please be patient. I'll be working through the pages and posts, making sure links work and everything is in the right place and things aren't duplicated. I'll also be [Read more...]
A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider is now available at most bookstores and other locations where books are found. Like the first book, this one was edited by Wendy Nelles and me. It took virtually all my time from August until the end of January. Well, more than that actually because now we're in [Read more...]
We had a great time in Vancouver. Eighteen people turned up for our Greater Vancouver Writers' Day workshops. I think everyone was happy. I know Les and I were. Great to connect! We also managed to touch base with other members of The Word Guild from the area, including Lando Klassen, owner of the House [Read more...]
A big thanks to Margaret Gibb, Executive Director of Women Alive, who decided to interview me for her "Canada's Amazing Women" column in the June/July issue of Maranatha News. The title of the column is "When the 'Different' Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan," which comes directly from my article, "The Diamond Ring," published in Hot [Read more...]
The Word Guild decided it was time to have its first Blog Award this year, for two consecutively-written blogs. Guess who won? Yes, I did. The blogs I entered were "The movement to re-engineer writers:" and "Listening with Your Mind and Your Heart." I'll be posting both of them on here in the next couple [Read more...]
I've been totally busy over the past month or so creating three new websites and nailing down details for Write! Canada. So not much time for me to do anything on my writing, etc However, I did manage to do two online interviews, which are both out this week. Thanks to KD Easley and Linda [Read more...]
To read my new article, "Murder in the Bullpen," as well as articles from over 30 other mystery authors who have sports stories in their repertoire, check out the new issue of Mystery Reader's Journal. The entire list of articles: The Turf and the Gridiron in Detective Fiction by Gary Garner Adventure Crime-A Wild Niche [Read more...]
There's an interview with Patricia Paddey posted at the Write! Canada site this morning. Patricia interviewed Wendy Nelles and me, as directors of Write! Canada, about our long association with the conference and our vision for the future. Ironically, Wendy and I both attended the conference for the first time in 1988, and we were [Read more...]
On November 20th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Faith Family Books and Gifts in Toronto hosted an event with more than 30 Canadian authors at their store in Toronto. Here are two photos taken by author Deborah Gyapong, one of me and one of the reading areas. You can see many more photos on Deb's blog here and here. [Read more...]
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