October 28, 2019 – SiWC 2019 take-aways

What a full three days that was! The 2019 Surrey International Writer’s Conference is now over and I’m still processing the experiences, learnings and bondings. I always find I’m a bit topsy turvy after the conference, shaken like a martini. What I do love about the conference is the ability to run into an agent …

September 3, 2019 – the Canadian National Vimy Memorial is one of the saddest places I’ve ever visited

Off the Eurostar in Lille, waited an hour with an Americano (funnier when I first wrote “with an American”, who would be Laurie, a North American…), then picked up the rental car and drove to Vimy. You see it approaching along the valley below and it doesn’t look like much. Then it’s a windy road …