I typically like to keep this blog light, but… a very sad thing happened in the community where I […]
Look For The Helpers: Mr. Rogers was right
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Teacher David Marsh’s The Frame-Up BookTalk Trailer and #THEFRAMEUPBOOKTOUR goes to ChocolateFest!
Over the past year, I’ve gotten to know Texas Elementary School Teacher David Marsh and I can say unequivocally […]
Teacher Giveaway!
I love teachers! I’ve heard from so many teachers that they think THE FRAME-UP will be so […]
The Frame-Up On The Radio!
It’s been another great week for The Frame-Up! This past Monday, I was interviewed by on Q, a radio […]
Book Review and Giveaway Winner
Sometimes you read a book at the exact right time. With all of the attacks on the media […]
News, & a Giveaway!
Things are humming along with The Frame-Up! Quill and Quire Magazine I was interviewed recently by […]
Another busy week and beginning to brainstorm another book
I’m mostly off the road this week and it is a welcome relief, though I absolutely love meeting my […]
The Frame-Up Book Launch!
It was a beautiful sunny day for Lord Beaverbrook Day at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and the perfect day […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Mona Dunn
I always knew who the heroine of my book would be. I’d seen her many times over the years, […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Patsy Ryder
Much as I love Mona Dunn, I love Patsy Ryder even more. Painted in the late 1940s by […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: The Cotterell Family
I’m not going to lie: I LOVE The Cotterell Family One of the things that struck me […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Nugent
How dashing is this painting? In the story, Mona needed a friend who was dashing, chivalrous, and […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Hotel Bedroom
It is a haunting portrait. Lucian Freud’s Hotel Bedroom, painted in 1954, is one of the most popular […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: The Party-Goers
And a good time was had by all… Philippe Mercier (French, 1689-1760) Bacchanalian piece: Sir Thomas Samwell and […]
Pre-Order The Frame-Up!
It’s Time to Pre-Order The Frame-Up! Two months from today The Frame-Up hits bookstores! But I’d love […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Madame Juliette & A GIVEAWAY!!!
Spring has sprung and it only seems appropriate to talk about the most spring-like painting in the book, Madame […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Andre Reidmor and Lady Macbeth
The famous acting coach Constantin Stanislavski once said “There are no small parts, only small actors.” I think […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Helena Rubinstein
There are women and then there are WOMEN. Helena Rubinstein was a WOMAN. According to Wikipedia: Helena Rubinstein (born […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: W. Somerset Maugham
One of my favourite characters in The Frame-Up is Somerset Maugham Why? Well first of all, Maugham is […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: Merrymaking
One of the most popular paintings at the Beaverbrook Art Galley is Merrymaking. This locale, home […]