Bonnie Randall

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Bonnie Randall lives in a forest at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.

Scribbling stories in coil-bound notebooks from the age of 9, Bonnie’s first attempts at prose featured wicked dolls, evil grandmothers—oh, and a romantic hero who just happened to be a professional ice hockey player (go figure). Clearly much has changed yet nothing has changed; Bonnie is still a sucker for true love, soul mates, smudgy shadows and things that go bump in the night.

Yet while writing has been the passion, social work has been the calling and, within a career spent in Child Protection, addictions counseling, and now as a national trainer on Violent Threat Assessment, Trauma, and Adversity, Bonnie has come to know that it is our relationships
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Bonnie Randall As a clinical addictions counselor I can say (anecdotally albeit not scientifically) that trauma is certainly the basis for all addiction. I can also …moreAs a clinical addictions counselor I can say (anecdotally albeit not scientifically) that trauma is certainly the basis for all addiction. I can also attest, with reasonable confidence, that trauma is, in turn, the root of all other mental illness and disturbance as well. With that in mind I considered my disgraced RCMP officer, Andrew Gavin - his life of anxiety, paranoia and delusions - Andrew sees a shadowy figure he refers to as The Dead Boy - and I thought.....what trauma did Andrew experience? The death of both parents, certainly. Being the incumbent guardian to his younger sister? Yep. But then I discovered he'd also bore witness, as a teen, to his best buddy's suicide, and I really sat up and took notice. Then Andrew told me that he was *the reason* his friend Peter shot himself in the isolated mountain woods, and I was hooked....(less)
Bonnie Randall I've recently completed and polished my newest novel, The Summit's Shadow, a romantic ghost story with a high-concept twist. I am querying it out to l…moreI've recently completed and polished my newest novel, The Summit's Shadow, a romantic ghost story with a high-concept twist. I am querying it out to literary agents this week. Wish me luck! (less)
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Bonnie Randall Wan "The Snake Charmer" wrote: "Thanks for friend invitation. The Iron King, hahaha. I was in one of those moods."

And I SHOULD have been in one of those moods! Curse my benevolence!


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Wan Thanks for friend invitation. The Iron King, hahaha. I was in one of those moods.


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Gusto Dave Bonnie,

Thanks for approving us as friends.

I’m Gusto Dave Jackson, publicist for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and I wouldn’t be worth my salt if I didn’t tout our blog and organization. Chiseled in Rock http://chiseledinrock.blogspot.com features side-splitting satire and some flash fiction for intellectual readers.

Today on the Rock: pick up a laugh from the hilarious E.C. STACY, writer of risqué romances and basher of grammar and the overworked comma.

RMFW has several bestselling authors such as NYT Bestseller JEANNE STEIN and J.A. KAZIMER. You have an open invitation to the Rock for contests, entertainment, and an insight to the world of writing! Let’s follow each others’ blogs!


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