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June 18, 2014
This Week in the Garden
It’s mid June and summer is racing ahead with glorious abandon! I love, love, love this time of year when growth becomes riotous and every day seems to bring something new to the garden…a bloom here, a new volunteer there, a whole swath of colour somewhere else — pure magic that happens almost overnight. Here’s some of(...)
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June 16, 2014
The Art of the Salad
Summertime…and the salads are glorious! They’ve also come a long, long way from the insipid iceberg lettuce, tomato, and (if we were lucky) cucumber ones that my mother used to serve smothered in her homemade version of a 1000-Island dressing. *shudder* (Sorry, Mom! ) I am a huge salad fan these days. Filled with colour, flavour,(...)
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June 15, 2014
If You Send E-Newsletters, You NEED to Read This!
As of July 1, 2014, the world’s toughest anti-spam legislation goes into effect in Canada and whether you live in this country or not, chances are good that if you’re sending out an e-newsletter (or other commercial electronic messaging), it will affect you. According to a blog post at Wellman Wilson, an Ottawa social media consulting firm,(...)
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June 12, 2014
Coming Clean About SINS OF THE WARRIOR
All right, friends and fans, it’s time for me to come clean. A lot of you have been asking when you could expect to read Sins of the Warrior, the fourth and final book in the Grigori Legacy series. If you thought you sensed a certain reticence on my part with regard to an answer, you were right. You(...)
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Of Wine and Romantic Getaways
I’ve been a little quiet on my social media channels this week, but I have a really good excuse: my husband and I took a two-day mini vacation–our first time away together in four years. And it. Was. Bliss. We went to Prince Edward County, a region of Ontario about 2 1/2 hours southwest of Ottawa.(...)
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June 8, 2014
Leveraging Facebook: The Best Way to Post a Link
Facebook has gone through so many changes over the last couple of years that it’s no wonder no one really knows what they’re doing with it any more. One of the things I see a lot of authors doing “wrong” is how they post links. Fortunately, this is also one of the easiest things to(...)
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June 6, 2014
This Week in the Garden
Nineteen years ago, when we moved into our house, the front yard consisted of a few overgrown cedars and the requisite suburban lawn. Much to my husband’s horror, I immediately began digging it up and turning the entire area over to perennial beds, gravel pathways, and a terrace (19 years ago, you just didn’t do that).(...)
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June 5, 2014
A Somber Day
It’s a somber day here in Canada. If you haven’t heard the news, three RCMP officers were killed in Moncton, New Brunswick last night and two others wounded. The killer remains at large. Many of you are aware that my husband is also with the RCMP. While I’ve never lived the nightmare of knowing he(...)
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June 3, 2014
Unexpected Truth in Fiction: The Story Behind Gwynneth’s House
I recently began putting my contemporary romance, Gwynneth Ever After, onto Wattpad as a serial. Having new readers discover the book has been a lot of fun, because I have a real soft spot for the story myself…and part of what I love about it so much is its familiarity. The story takes place right here(...)
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May 29, 2014
Pictures From a Writer’s Garden
If you’ve connected with me on social media, you’ll probably know already that I’m an avid gardener…I’m pretty sure every bio I write includes that information! Playing in the dirt connects me to the earth and makes me feel centered. Calm. A part of something greater than the hurly-burly going on around me. Because I(...)
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