Mike Holmes, I Think I Love You

My crush on Mike Holmes could turn into a flaming hot romance. Or, at the very least, I want to bake chocolate chip cookies for him. My husband would approve. I've always loved Mike Holmes' TV shows about home renovation. Before he got syndicated and started appearing in everyone's home in North America, before everyone …

My Oct. 1st Bookstore Reading (via Vimeo)

Hey lovely subscribers and readers! Here is an 8-minute clip of part of the Oct. 1st reading I did for the PWAC (Professional Writers of Canada) Reads event at Paragraphe Bookstore in downtown Montreal, with writers (L-R) Beverly Akerman, Julie Barlow, Olivia Kona, and MC Kathe Lieber,( also reading but not on stage: Eve Krakow). …

‘Carry On Dancing’ to be Published by Winter Goose Publishing

I'm thrilled to announce that California-based Winter Goose Publishing has offered me a publishing contract, which I have accepted. 'Carry on Dancing' will be out in print March 2012, and as an ebook for the Kindle and Nook a few weeks after that. My dealings with everyone at Winter Goose Publishing http://wintergoosepublishing.com (@wintergoosepub on Twitter) …

Take 2 Minutes. Watch This. Make a World of Difference.

This explains (much better than I ever have been able to!) why I have always felt so strongly about donating half the proceeds from my first two poetry collections to Unicef's Gift of Education. I'll keep giving a portion of the proceeds from those two books to Unicef's Gift of Education Program, to give educations …

Thanks for Taking the ‘Leap’! Some Reader Reviews…

I cannot thank you enough for the star-ratings and reviews you've been leaving for me this past year on various websites. I now have a good collection of reader reviews of 'Leap' on Lulu.com, on the U.S. iBooks, Canadian iBooks, and Amazon.com. I suppose I should be collecting these reviews all in one place, so, …