Chaos reigns as I try to get organized to leave town. The dryer broke, so we have wet laundry draped around the bathroom and mudroom. One...

I’m working on the third book in the Veil of Magic series, The Call of the Giant (at least that’s my working title). I’ve been hoping to...

My husband is learning what it means to be the husband of a writer. First, he pays the bills. He is, on occasion, my driver, my bringer...

The book fair went well – well organized, steady traffic. I did no origami, although I did a little writing in the quiet times. I brought...

Saturday is the Calgary Children’s Book Fair. Derek Mah recommended I bring something to do in the quiet times, so I found directions for...

Saturday Mark and I drove to Lethbridge for a book reading at the Galt Museum. It was, for both of us, the windiest drive we’ve ever had....

Eric Orchard, the artist who did the cover for Feather Brain, posts art work, mostly for his comics, almost every day on his blog....

Feather Brain has been reprinted, again! I’m so pumped. This doesn’t push Feather Brain into a big name author’s sales levels, but for an...

I’ll be in Lethbridge November 7, for a talk and reading at the Galt Museum. I’ve been invited down for a kids event associated with...

Last Monday I wrote all day. One and a half chapters, 18 pages. It was a first draft –  I forgot threads I’ll need to weave in later, and...

Feather Brain has been nominated for the Golden Eagle Reader’s Choice Award. It’s for Alberta authors only, voted on by kids in southern...

I think it would be hard to write an Ode to Fall if fall was always like this. The leaves on the apple tree look like worn green leather....

I read a Facebook quiz about most memorable movies (“films that for whatever reason linger in your imagination”), and I realized that,...

I write to bemoan the sad fate of my garden at the hands of Calgary’s bizarre weather. If you’re not interested in reading a gardener’s...

Anna, you asked: How do you formulate an idea into a story? I start with a snippet of an idea, and let it grow very very slowly. I’ll get...

I’ve recently read two really good Canadian YA fantasy novels:Warden of Greyrock by K. V. Johanson, and Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton....

We spent Saturday perched in our apple tree, picking apples. The cousins swarmed the tree, climbing the limbs, while the adults used...

Sometimes I have these moments  – days – weeks if I’m really lucky, when writing goes wonderfully. Last week I tore through two chapters...

Eric Orchard, the artist who did the wonderful cover for Feather Brain, provided a list of song links for what he listens to as he works...