Wednesday, March 18, 2015

May 2nd writers' workshop at Port Moody Library



 "Get Published: Explore Your Options"

" Calling all writers: are you working on a manuscript and need some help with editing and query letters? Are you wondering which publication method is best for you? There are so many choices with traditional, self and e-publishing options available."

On Saturday, May 2, bring your questions to the Port Moody Public Library’s interactive event, and take the next step towards becoming a published author.

For more information: 
http://www.thenownews.com/community/library-hosts-events-aimed-at-writers-1.1795746

Thursday, March 12, 2015


Darkness. The air frigid, the sea an infinite expanse of black glass. The sky glittering with stars. Somewhere music — a lively dance tune, ragtime — growing faint with distance as their lifeboat drifted away from the dying ship. The dark, the bitter cold, the sickening awareness of unthinkable loss. The ship’s stern a monstrous finger pointing skyward, its ghostly lights still glimmering beneath the water. The music slow and sombre now, a familiar hymn. And then that terrible rising din of voices.


Sophie woke, shuddering and crying out. She sat up among the tumbled bedclothes, teeth chattering, throat clenched around a hard knot of terror and grief. The dream never changed. How many times was she doomed to relive in every detail the horror of that night?  (Sophie, in Shadow, Thistledown Press, 2014.)

Sophie, in Shadow is shortlisted for a B.C. Book Prizes Sheila A. Egoff award in children's literature.