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: Madame Juliette & A GIVEAWAY!!!
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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 […]
The Frame-Up Characters and Locales: San Vigilio, Lake Garda
I’m not going to lie: this is one of my favourite paintings in the world! John Singer […]
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 […]