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Writer and Artist: I’m a writer of non-fiction, memoir, creative fiction, short stories, blogs, poems and plays. I’m pleased to announce my first book was published August 2021, a memoir titled ‘I Heard The Alps Call His Name. My second book was published in June 2024, ‘Across the Pond, Torn Between Two Worlds, the sequel to my first book. www.books2read/across the pond. Artist: I paint Haida and Cree Aboriginal art in abstract, watercolour and oil paintings. Also landscapes, and paintings on natural canvas such as shells, driftwood, and rocks. My inspirations and ideas come from a life filled with drama, and a diverse and difficult childhood, but also full of love; extensive travel, living in different countries and experiencing new and exciting adventures.

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  • Where my inspiration came from to write my first novel

    In the autumn of 2024, I had written a few short stories and sent a couple off to magazines, and filed some for future books or essays. I was ready to write another book, but about what? I had many ideas. I thought at first about writing a book of short stories, which is still…

  • Blood on the Vines intro blog

    ‘On the cliffs above Praia dos Três Irmãos, Villa Misteriosa looms like a decanter of old port—dark, fragrant, and heavy with secrets. Its walls, once whitewashed, now breathe with whispers of past sins, while below, the restless Atlantic gnaws at the stone like a drunkard at the dregs. Into this house of memory come five…

  • Hello dear readers and friends,

    Thankyou for reaching out to my new site. Over the coming months, I’ll be working on setting up a new and informative website, combining my old and new ones. Please be patient while I work on it to give you the best site I can offer. In the meantime, please read my Mailchimp newsletter if…

  • Newsletter, August 2024

    Family Reunion, New Book, Food For Thought – Difference between a Memoir and a Novel l-r, back-Judy, John, Mark, Rob, Marc; front- Tanya, Bradley, Evelyn, Julia, AJ (June) They say time flies over the years. What was once a future that seemed out of reach, becomes our present, in the blink of an eye. It…

  • Special e book price on Smashwords!

    I’m delighted to announce my book is finally getting out there! Due to the fact that I went with a different publisher, D2D, who is fairly new, especially to the European market, it took longer than usual to process and market my latest book, Across the Pond: Torn Between Two Worlds. The book has now…

  • Across the Pond, Torn Between Two Worlds update

    Hi Dear Readers, The process of publishing and getting this new book launched has taken longer than expected. I changed publishers and the new one is still working out it’s ‘kinks.’ The cover has been updated and some photos redone, as you can see above. The book should be available on Amazon and Goodreads any…

  • UBL link: https://book2read.com/Across- the- Pond

    For e-book:https://books2read.com/Across-the-Pond /Print at Barnes & Noble ( Coming soon to other outlets and sites such as Amazon, Good Reads, Indie).

  • Across the Pond, Torn Between Two Worlds

    Another milestone was completed! My second book, Across the Pond, Torn Between Two Worlds, is a wrap! I am so relieved but so happy I stuck to it and saw it through. It was truly a labour of love! Written from an anthology of stories through the years, from my childhood as an orphan to…

  • June,4,David,5,Joan,4, Book Cover

  • Across the Pond ‘ Torn Between Two Worlds’

    Sequel to I Heard the Alps Call His Name Storm Across the Prairies “The storm is where?” I asked incredulously.  “It’s coming from Montana, planning to make its debut sometime tomorrow morning,” my cousin Bonnie said, sitting across from me in her kitchen, sipping her coffee on a dreary Thursday morning in late October 2012. …