Serendipity is a thing. Some may dismiss it all as cliché, but who is to say you can’t find a bit of romance in a bottle of wine? After a very long week, I stopped in at our neighbourhood BC Liquor Store last night to purchase adult beverages. I headed right to the location where…
How To Write A Novel On The Bus. That is right, a post on mastering the skill of using transit as your literary muse. Actually, this is a post that is better titled, “I have so much work to do when it comes to paying the bills in what is rapidly becoming one of the…
I love soundtracks. So, it seems natural that soundtracks for novels would be my thing. Let me tell you about it. My oldest daughter and I were crashed out on the couch the other night soaking up an extend dose of girl time. We’d picked Pitch Perfect because, well, the singing thing. We sing. In our house….
My 5-year-old’s ears love languages. On the bus, in the market, even just walking down the street, she tunes in to decipher the words people speak all around us. In Vancouver, it’s not unusual to hear Arabic, Hebrew, Mandarin and French on the quick walk to the grocery store. She loves to guess which one…