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For the love of libraries
As both reader and author, one of the things I’ve missed most during this time of self-isolation is visiting the library. From childhood until now, libraries have been one of my happy places—to learn, get book recommendations, find a sense of community and more....
Walking my way through lockdown
Like many of you, and although certain restrictions have eased a bit, I live in an area where we’re still sheltering in place and 'normal life' remains in almost complete lockdown. As such, and with gyms, my dance studio and other fitness facilities closed, walking is...
Reading (& Writing) for Hope, Comfort and Happy Ever After, plus a 0.99 deal on my latest book
Hello everyone, This week, I've written a guest post for Women Writers, Women's Books (WWWB) about 'Reading (and Writing) for Hope, Comfort and Happy Ever After.' Especially at this time of global pandemic, I'm sharing the importance of 'comfort reading' and why I...
Looking to the past to cope with the present
As life continues to be unsettled, I’ve thought about my late mother even more than usual recently and, in particular, how she coped during rough times. Both practical and pragmatic, when life was difficult Mom turned to baking or knitting. If she could give the...
Life and writing in lockdown
When this is all over… I hear that phrase often these days as everyone, me included, wants life in 2020 to go back to ‘normal’ as soon as possible, whatever that ‘new normal’ will be. For the moment, though, life (and for me, writing), have to go on in lockdown. As...
Staying apart but joining together: The rise of ‘caremongering’
With the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, in only a few weeks life as we know it has changed almost beyond recognition—and in ways unprecedented in my lifetime—so we’re all adapting to a new normal. Yet, as I stay apart from others (and social distancing is one...
Celebrating women who have gone before
To mark women’s history month (celebrated in March in the United States, UK and Australia), I’m this month’s featured author on my friend Mel Greenberg’s ‘Notes from the Nest' blog. I've written a personal piece about what ‘women who have gone before’ mean in my own...
Falling down, getting up and moving forward
Several weeks ago, while walking in my small town I slipped and fell on a patch of ice that lurked under a blanket of fresh snow. Since three generations of women in my mother’s family broke their hips, one when she was not much older me, that ‘legacy’ flashed across...
Meet guest author Anita Kushwaha & celebrate her new book, Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters
I don’t often host guest authors on my blog, but this week I’m happy to be celebrating with a dear author friend, Anita Kushwaha, whose new women’s fiction novel, Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters is now out in Canada before releasing on February 18th in the US,...
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