by Annette | Nov 14, 2015 | Annette's Blog
In Memoriam for Bailey Jerome Swaggart I’ve never met Bailey Jerome Swaggart, a young soldier from West Monroe, Louisiana. I got to know him through his grieving mom, Shalia Swaggert, a woman I admire for her ability to find the brightness in even the darkest day—...
by Annette | Jan 3, 2015 | Annette's Blog
Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson is my favourite novel of 2014! It is laugh-out- loud funny, sexy, and very moving. The word that first comes to mind is delicious. The novel is a gossipy treat, entertaining as hell, but at the same time brilliantly written with...
by Annette | Dec 3, 2014 | Annette's Blog
It was raining hard as my husband and I trudged up Burnaby Mountain. We had dressed in layers, fleece jackets and rain gear, hats and hoods and gum boots. To get to the Kinder Morgan drill site, we had to circle half way up a hillside where the mud was thick and...
by Annette | Sep 19, 2014 | Annette's Blog
When my Goodreads and Facebook friend, Liisa Rene, tagged me to list 10 of my favourite books, I checked my Goodreads list and ended up with 20. Then I managed, with much difficulty to narrow the list down to 10 but I’d left out so many books that I loved. How...
by Annette | Jul 25, 2014 | Annette's Blog
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? My inspiration for a recent picture book manuscript was a sighting of wolves at our cabin in the Cariboo. It was last winter when we were hunkered down in front of a roaring fire and my daughter spotted three wolves crossing the...
by Annette | Jun 2, 2014 | Annette's Blog
If you’re a writer struggling with plot, read Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl. You will be inspired! Flynn knows how to hook the reader, lead her down the garden path, only to reveal that all the assumptions she has made so far are false. Flynn’s...
