Mental Meandering on Life and Writing by Carol J. Garvin (aka Careann)
I’m a musician wannabe. My smattering of mid-life piano lessons left me able to stumble through a piece of music well enough to discern the tune, but not well enough to keep up if someone wanted to sing along. How I fell into being a church choir director for almost nineteen years is a storyContinue reading “A Musician Wannabe (and Denise Jaden’s cover reveal)”
From my 2011 archives… Don’t you hate it when the Inner Critic is right? After years of being shoved aside and trampled, he gloats over fleeting opportunities to jump up and down and yell, “I told you so!” and it’s so annoying. It’s not easy to admit, but many of us are probably among theContinue reading “No, You’re (Still) Not Ready to Publish”
I first introduced you to Joylene Nowell Butler here in 2011 at the time her second published novel, BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD, was being released. During that interview, in addition to telling us about the story, Joylene shared bits about her writing process, gave us a peek at the beautiful lake she overlooks as she writes, and succinctlyContinue reading “MASKI: BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD – Joylene Nowell Butler”
Any one of the six people who commented on my previous post would have been a worthy winner. I knew I couldn’t be impartial, so I printed out each of the comments and enlisted the help of my hubby to pick one out of the (clean) dog bowl. And the winning name… CLUCULZWRITER! Congratulations, Joylene! I’llContinue reading “Giveaway WINNER!”
I don’t often review books because I don’t feel comfortable passing judgment, negative or positive, on someone else’s writing. When I do recommend a book, it’s because I’m particularly enthusiastic about it. I’m enthusiastic about ROOT BEER CANDY AND OTHER MIRACLES, but you’re likely to think I’m biased because the author is my daughter, ShariContinue reading “A Non-review and Giveaway: ROOT BEER CANDY AND OTHER MIRACLES”
Conferences are often the brunt of jokes. You know how it is — the annual conference in Vegas that’s little more than a vacation getaway where attendees take in all the entertainment and casino opportunities, and make it to one conference session just to legitimize the trip’s expense claim. Not so for most writers’ conferences. MaybeContinue reading “Oh, wow! What a conference!”
As I mentioned last Friday, author Joylene Nowell Butler is on tour this month with MC Book Tours featuring her new mystery novel, Mâtowak: Woman Who Cries. It will be released November 1st by Dancing Lemur Press L.L.C. Copies are currently available for pre-order in eBook at the following sites: Amazon.ca Amazon.com Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C PrintContinue reading “Mâtowak: Woman Who Cries – Excerpt and Giveaway”
Joylene Nowell Butler has done it again – written another excellent, ‘un-put-downable’ murder mystery. Her previous two, Dead Witness and Broken but Not Dead, are what I’d call psychological thrillers. Her latest novel, the sequel to Broken but Not Dead, Mâtowak: Woman Who Cries, is more of a police procedural while still providing a suspenseful probeContinue reading “Review of Mâtowak: Woman Who Cries”
I write fiction. So how is it that I only seem to publish non-fiction? Last year it was the history of Haney Presbyterian Church in Maple Ridge, BC. This year it’s a compilation of the sermons of one of Haney’s previous ministers, the Reverend Kris Davidson. AMEN & AMEN is a very personal project … something I’veContinue reading “Yes, it’s happened again!”
Good intentions get a bad rap, but I suppose it’s justified when they end up as only intentions. I know the problem all too well. Years ago I decided it would be useful to keep a record of what I read. My memory is terrible when it comes to recalling titles and author names. Someone would ask,Continue reading “Keeping track of what I read…not as easy as it sounds!”
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