Just one more surreal TBLP moment… A few weeks ago at the Writers’ Trust Gala, I chatted for a few minutes with Margaret Atwood. Yes, Margaret […] December 26, 2011
My Canada Reads posts now in one place I’m more than halfway through my stint as this year’s Canada Reads resident blogger. Each week I’ve written a post […] December 22, 2011
Woodstock Reads chooses The High Road I was thrilled to learn recently that The High Road has been chosen as the Woodstock Reads 2012 selection. I’m […] December 2, 2011
CBC TV mini-series based on TBLP I’ve been sitting on this news for a few months now, but it’s finally official. The Best Laid Plans […] November 25, 2011
My piece in the engineering magazine, The Voice Not every one of my friends and acquaintances knows that I actually have an engineering degree, and at one point […] November 11, 2011
I’m the Canada Reads 2012 resident blogger This is going to be fun. In fact, it’s already been fun. Winning Canada Reads last February quite literally changed […] November 6, 2011
Writing Update: Manuscript Finished! Six months ago to the day, I started drafting the manuscript for novel #3 (it’s still untitled). Last night, […] October 23, 2011
Steve Jobs helped make me a writer… In the two days since Steve Jobs passed away, there has been no end of worthy trubutes to an extraordinary […] October 7, 2011
Lovely Eden Mills… I spent a good part of the weekend in the picturesque village of Eden Mills less than an hour’s drive […] September 20, 2011