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I'm super excited that I've been invited back to Indigo in Kelowna's Orchard Park Mall again. They ran out of stock at my last signing and had to wait for the second printing to happen before getting more copies of the book. Well, those are in and so they asked if I'd like to come back and I said YES! I'll be at the store from 11AM to 4PM on Sunday, July 12. If you happen to be in the area and wanting to escape the Okanagan heat, it will be nice and cool inside the store. Ple

There's been lots of wonderful news lately and I've been terrible and reporting it, but in addition to The Art of Getting Lost and Found going into second printing just three months after its release, I was able to track enough sales in Kelowna to follow through with my vow of donating a portion of sales from every book to the Kelowna Women's Shelter. The Kelowna Women's Shelter does some incredible work, helping women to change their lives--I know they changed mine enough th

Living in British Columbia meant it was not an easy hop-in-the-car trip to get to St. John's, NL for the official launch of my novel with Breakwater Books, but it was so worth every bit of effort it took to get there! I was completely blown away by how supportive the people of St. John's were towards the literary arts, although I probably shouldn't have been as I've seen firsthand on my many trips to Canada's eastern most province just how supportive people are of other mediu

A huge thanks to author Shelley Wood for sending me this photo of my book, "out in the wild," as she put it. I had the good fortune to be part of a writing group with Shelley back when I was working on the second draft of this novel and she was finishing off The Quintland Sisters and starting The Leap Year Gene (both going on to be best sellers!). She was such a great help and is acknowledged as such in the back of my book--one of the many people who were part of the village

I am feeling very honoured that I was given the opportunity to answer some questions about my novel, The Art of Getting Lost and Found, in their Writer's Block section. Questions range from my writing approach to what inspired the novel. Here's the link: All Lit Up Canada #CanLit #CanadianAuthor #BookClubBook

I confess, I have been truly anxious about how I will handle reviews. I know that not everyone likes everything they read and I have notoriously thin skin when it comes to feedback that's negative. So, it was with a HUGE sigh of relief that I read this first review to come out on The Art of Getting Lost and Found, pubished in The Manitoban. Thank you, Carrington Dong for taking the time to read and write such a lovely review of my novel. This one will be the one I will turn t