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Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza, kept me reading well into the night. It’s the fascinating true story of a young woman who managed to survive the Rwanda genocide, by hiding for three [...]

Hello, God. How are you? While I am fine on a superficial level, on a deeper level I am not fine. I have a complaint about the way you set things up around here. Oh, no, you say to yourself, [...]

  On a recent trip to the library, I decided to take a look at the bulletin board, just out of curiosity about what’s going on in the area. And there it was: a small notice from a [...]

Looking for a gripping read? Here’s one: A Stolen Life – a true story about how the author was kidnapped as a child and returned to her family eighteen years later. When Jaycee Dugard [...]

Unknown writers, take heart: Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick was a flop when it first came out in 1851. The Globe and Mail recently noted that Melville wrote several popular novels in the [...]

I’m considering charging more than $2.99 for Judging Nicky. People have wondered why it’s so cheap. Rather than thinking it’s a bargain, they’ve said that they wonder [...]

I did not know Amanda Todd, but I will not forget her. Amanda suffered torment daily because of the online actions of a selfish, heartless pervert. To try and help others and prevent them from [...]

I have loved libraries and books since earliest childhood. To prove it, I will tell you something about myself that is likely too much information: when I go to the library, the relaxed feeling [...]

I’m happy to say that Judging Nicky has received another review on Amazon.com. My thanks to Ameeka, a thoughtful reader who  took the time to rate and comment on my novel, giving it four [...]

A friend of mine recently told me he had wanted to give me an e-book as a birthday gift. But he was outraged to see that the print version of the book he had selected was substantially cheaper [...]