My Writing Life

My new book with the working title Touching Grass is no more than a twinkle in my eye, but I’m researching another Western historical adventure. Can you guess the theme by looking at this image?

Shopping for thrifted treasures is my favourite form of relaxation. Here are ten great finds that I enjoy every day, including this striped Hudson Bay trading blanket.

We hit the prairie backroads in my truck in July and loved every minute, admiring the big skies and meeting readers along the way.

My lovely home office is second to none, so here I share some photos of the writing space that inspires me every day.

While chatting with hundreds of readers in the past few weeks, I heard several Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ, about my historical novel, Finding Flora. I will do my best to answer them here.

My friends, I am back home taking a break after my whirlwind book tour, in which Finding Flora reached Number One Bestseller in Canadian Fiction for the entire country! Check out some of these wonderful book tour photos.

My mother’s hat collection gave me the idea to host a Fancy Hat Contest at the launch of my new historical novel, Finding Flora.

What homesteaders ate depended on what they could buy and bring with them, plus what they could harvest and kill. Some of the less fortunate were forced to give up their homesteads or starve to death.

There’s a common misconception about what homesteaders wore, since women arriving on this continent at the turn of the century were more likely to dress in close-fitting dark skirts and high-necked blouses rather than the calico gowns and sunbonnets seen in Little House on the Prairie.

This is still a VERY long shot, but my novel Wildwood has been optioned by a movie company!