I’m sorry it’s taken me a while to blog about the GG’s – it was a whirlwind, and I am just now able to get down to it. I’ll break it out over a couple of posts as the whole experience was EPIC. I arrived in Ottawa last Monday the 26th in the evening. All […]
And Now You Must Bow Down and Call Me … Laureate!!
Okay, so no one I know would EVER bow down in front of me, or call me Laureate, for that matter. A better suggested name has been “smartypants.” So, they announced the winners for the Governor General’s Literary Award on Tuesday November 13, and “The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen” won in the Children’s […]
The Highs of a Day at the Vancouver Writers’ Fest
The day I’m referring to is Wednesday, October 17, at the Vancouver International Writers’ Festival. I had an event with Arthur Slade in the morning, which I mentioned in my previous post. Then, that evening, I went avec my hubcap to see Junot Diaz. I have loved his writing ever since reading “The Brief Wondrous […]
Authors’ Festivals
‘Tis the season to be jolly … at least, if you have a new book out. It is festival season! I didn’t get invited to many festivals – actually, I got invited to TWO – but dang, I got invited to the best. Festivals for writers are like a trip to Switzerland for chocolate lovers. […]
Possibly the Coolest Thing Ever …
Okay … Not as cool as it would be to have George Clooney agree to produce, direct and make a cameo appearance in “Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom.” That would be the coolest. But this is a close (close-ish? far-ish?) second. One of my book club gals (I have the best book club […]
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