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The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: San Vigilio, Lake Garda
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The Frame-Up Characters & Locales: The Terror
At least half of the characters in The Frame-Up are actual paintings. Most of these paintings have been part […]
Giveaway Winner + The Frame-Up Cover and What Prompted Me to Write The Book
Happy Friday and big congratulation to @goldenteach, who won the books! Don’t worry – more giveaways to come, […]
A Birthday/Valentine’s Day Giveaway!
It’s a Mystery, Pig Face! is about to celebrate its first birthday on February 7th! And since that’s close […]
A New Year
A Clean Slate. A Blank Page. Does such a thing exist? I think of that a lot […]
True Friends and Good Writers
2017 is quickly drawing to a close. And with it, the end of my debut year as a […]
Winner and my Favourite YA books of 2017!
We have a winner for last week’s giveaway! Congrats Kristin Crouch! Thanks to everyone for participating! More giveaways […]
Holiday Giveaway – The Two Middle Grade Books I Read in One Sitting!
It’s December 1st! Source And since I love the hustle and bustle of December, and all of the […]
Great Book Resource!
I love to share writing and reading resources. One of my favourite ones is Book Riot, a wonderful site […]
The Writing Process
Every book I write is different. My writing process, for good or bad, is not. Since I am in […]
The Joy of Wordless Picture Books
I don’t know about you, but the holiday season always seems like the perfect time of year to add […]
Renovating a Book
I’m in the midst of a kitchen renovation, and it’s not fun. we’ve just started the tear-out and it […]
Books, Glorious Books
Have you been reading a lot this fall? I’ve been a reading and writing machine, casting aside all other […]
Winner!
We have a Winner! Lisa Maucione – You’ve won these three books! Hope you and your class enjoy […]
Book Giveaway!
First of all – thank you for the kind words about my friend Brian Carty. He will be missed […]
A Heartfelt Remembrance of my “Number Three Fan”
I lost a good friend this week. His name was Brian Carty, and we have been friends for […]
Reading with Your Kids Podcast
I was recently invited to talk about It’s a Mystery, Pig Face! on the Reading with Your Kids podcast. […]
Sequels you need to read! (and they’re Canadian, too!)
Hi everyone, Wanted to share two new releases this week, written by a couple of Canadian writers who are […]
Podcasts You Should Know About!
One of the things I love doing is listening to podcasts about children’s books. They are hosted by passionate […]
End of Summer
I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to let the summer go… It was 10C when I […]