A cartoon lucha libre style wrestler mid-air over a background of books What the heck is a preorder and why is it important? Preordering is purchasing a book before it's published. The bookstore will call you to pickup when it has arrived (or you can have it shipped to your door). This helps books get on bestseller lists, because all those preorders count towards their first week of sales! That's the most important reason to preorder from authors you love. But there are other

I've heard it said that a lot of people have a book in them, but that is takes a special kind of pathologically tenacious weirdo to get that book out on the page. That's not even accounting for whipping it into shape through countless drafts, tricking someone--I mean finding someone--to publish it, and then all the promo song and dance to help make it a success. It ain't for the faint of heart. I really started struggling with the 'to be or not to be' motherhood minefield (as

For as long as I can remember, I've tied my value to my performance and productivity. In high school, my friends and I competed for top...

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A couple of months ago, I saw an Instagram ad for something that I was actually interested in. No, not for leggings or a weight loss...

So very excited to bring my typewriter Audrey down to the Brewery Market in Halifax tomorrow morning, to shill poems for such a worthy...

Poets on Ice is just three days away! Here are the poets whose work will be encapsulated in ice and put on display. Thanks to all...

Poets on Ice* will return for its second year at the Downtown Dartmouth Ice Festival from January 31-February 2, 2025! What the heck is...

I found out this week that I'll be pitching my Unmotherhood Memoir, Free or Less , at the WritersNL Pitch Wars event on Saturday night at...

Sometimes, the universe provides the dog you need, instead of the one you want. While still grieving the loss of our golden boy, Ollie,...

[crickets] Anyone still out there? I’ve been a bit AWOL this summer, online and in-person. But it’s been good for me. Yesterday, I heard...

Last night, fireworks crackled, sizzled, and banged through my open window. I lay awake listening, but I didn’t get up to watch them. I’m...

No one reads less poetry than my dad. From what I can tell, he finds the concept silly. But that doesn't stop me from writing them about...

Photo Credit: Gary Pardy It's my fourth wedding anniversary! I can scarcely believe it--the years have flown by. The icing on the cake...

Writers work hard, researching opportunities, following guidelines, and crafting and polishing pieces. We mine our trauma seeking the...

If you look at my publishing credits, you’ll see one name more than any other (well, besides my own!)—Off Topic Publishing. Off Topic...

One of the ways I use writing is to make sense of world events. Last March, I wrote this flash story about a Ukranian refugee integrating...

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So, I always have more ideas and projects than time, and that seems to be especially the case in March! Here is where you can hear me/see...