You know you’re a writer when…

I don’t often think about “being a writer” because it’s simply who I am and how I look at the world. However, you know you’re a writer when… You see stories everywhere From snippets of overheard conversations, to coming up with entire personal histories for random...

What do five recent photos on my phone say about me?

Much of my life is recorded in photos on my phone. For fun, I looked at five random photos from August 2026 to see what they said about me. I’m an author with a new book out.  Writing as Rose Warner, A Christmas Proposal, a WW2 home front story about evacuated...

Life lessons from dance…And a quick favour, please!

In working towards and then being on stage for my ballet school’s end-of-year performance last month, I learned lessons beyond actual steps. As I repeated dance sequences and made notes to review and remember what I was supposed to be doing and when, I realized that...

Do you feel ‘quanked’ too? The joy of unusual words

As an author, I love words. In fact, my family might call me a bit of a ‘word nerd.’ From subscribing to Dictionary.com ‘Word of the Day’ emails to looking up new-to-me words used in books, news articles or conversation, I’ve rarely met a word I didn’t like. This week...

Down the high school yearbook rabbit hole

High school wasn’t the best time in my life, so I don’t often think of it. Yet, when I was recently in search of character names beyond online sources and a baby name book, I turned to a stack of old yearbooks—and took a stroll down memory lane. Long-forgotten...