The first guest of the year is Rebekah Raymond who writes genre-blending novels. They take elements from thrillers, horror and romance. She is based out of Calgary and is a member of both NaNoWriMo and the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society. On top of being a mother of...
Golden Award by The Hungry Monster Book Review
Seed Me has been given the golden award by The Hungry Monster Book Review group. The Hungry Monster Book Awards are awarded to books that have astounded and amazed us with unique writing styles, vivid worlds, complex characters, and original ideas. These books deserve...
Welcome 2017
Another whole year has come and gone, wow. With the release of Seed Me and the score World Mother it has been quite busy with little downtime. First of all, a big shout out to everyone who supported me this year with the launch it has been humbling and motivating!...
Mahrie G. Reid – Mystery and Thriller Author from Calgary
Mahrie G. Reid – Mystery and Thriller Author from Calgary The last guest of 2016 is Mahrie G. Reid who is known for writing mysteries and thrillers. She is originally from Nova Scotia, and now lives north of Calgary where she has made an impact in Alberta. Mahrie is a...
A Day Late!
November is behind us and we have entered the last month of 2016 – wow. Where did all the time go? There’s a lot of mixed thoughts regarding 2016, it has been a very active year filled with politics, racism, social justice and death. It seemed like anywhere you went...
Fantasy Excerpt and Interview with Calgary Author Marc Watson
This month’s guest author is Marc Watson who I met in Calgary during the When Words Collide festival back in the summer. We crossed paths during the evening’s live reading event where he read some of his fantasy work. The reading was well spoken, writing engaging and...
Emotional Connection – Defining a Memorable Character Part 4
Like the dog I am petting in this blog's featured image, your readers are emotional creatures. Creative writing is entirely driven from generating emotional connections with them. This has to be done through the plot, the setting and the characters found within the...
Horror: More than Frights and Gore
This month ScifiAndScary.com offered me the opportunity to be a guest blogger and discuss the horror genre. Fits with the theme of Halloween. With this article, I focused in on the genre itself and how it tends to be written off as just frights and gore. It's more got...
Halloween will Freeze – Ho! Ho! Ho!
Halloween is around the corner! What a fun month October is. Costumes, candies, ghosts and ghouls. I enjoy the fact that people are more accepting of exploring the darker aspects of life during this time period. The dark, taboo and grotesque lines up with the stories...