28 April 2016

My radio host voice is in full roar. Radio has become a huge part of the way I tell stories these days. With a weekly book segment on Minelle Mahtani’s Sense of Place, I’ve had the pleasure of sitting around the table with amazing characters from the Vancouver literary scene. But, it got even more…

22 February 2016

A sense of place. That is something for which I strive. One of the key ancient-world settings in the Seals of Annach is Daphni, Greece. Since ancient times, a temple has stood on the site 11 kilometers northwest of Athens on the Sacred Way to Eleusis and the National Road to Corinth – Daphne Monastery, in massive…

1 December 2015

I’m talking about books on Roundhouse Radio! About a million years ago when I was a daily newspaper journalist in Spokane, Washington a group of reporters got together on-air for a segment on crime, social issues, breaking news and other current events. Some of my favourite memories from that part of my life were made behind…

17 October 2015

Ah, writing sprints ⁠— my favourite way to make progress on a WIP. Yes, they require me to get up at the crack of dawn, but I always get the best, very quiet, table at my favourite Vancouver café. Despite my serious addiction to the everything bagel egg melt they serve and returning home a…