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Beyond the Stone – First Review!

I’m beyond excited! My novel Beyond the Stone got its first review! It’s so gratifying that this reader enjoyed the book so much. It’s so different from anything I’ve tried to write before. My novels are normally character driven with little focus on the...

The Minotaur – First Draft DONE!!!

Oh, my goodness. I wrote 2,565 words today and the first draft of my novel The Minotaur is finished. The novel took me eight months to write. It all started with the first line that popped into my head and wouldn’t leave me alone:...

Miracle – A Poem

A memory: She is surrounded by all the kids in my class. She looks like some kind of prophet, her dark hair and pale skin like a beacon to all of us. “I can tell you if you are fat or thin,” she says,...

Sharing Scars – A Poem

We sat together comparing our scars. Some of them had been caused by others and some we had made ourselves. Many of them were the same except for several of mine. He had no scars along his skin to match them. “It’s because you’ve...

The Fifth Stage – A Poem

I was in denial for weeks. I kept trying to pretend everything was okay, that I was all right but I was lying to myself and to those around me who could see through my façade because they knew me so well. Never very...

Artificial Divide – AVAILABLE NOW!

I’m thrilled that Artificial Divide is out now! It’s an anthology of short stories written by blind and visually impaired authors and each story is told with blind or visually impaired people as the protagonist. It’s a very powerful own voices anthology and I’m...

Beyond the Stone – AVAILABLE NOW!

I’m so excited! My new novel Beyond the Stone is out now from Renaissance Press! I’m so thrilled for all of you to be able to read this book! I wanted to write something different and when I sat down to write Beyond the...

The Mountain and the Flow – A Poem

I’ve been here before. The mountain looms in front of me and I can see the jagged rocks, the outcropping of edges and crevices, rockfaces that hold challenges that I have yet to face. I stand before the mountain, awed by its size, fearful...

The Sound of Water

This was my submission to the CBC Non-Fiction Prize this year. I didn’t make it to the longlist, but that’s okay. That means that I get to share it with all of you. I chose to write about my brother this year, a topic...

Within the Dark – A Poem

I am finding myself again. There are pieces of me, hidden within the dark caverns, lost among the trees or   in the cold depths of water. They blink like jewels that have been hidden in the dark. I clutch each jewel to my...