As we are now fully steeped in a situation where phrases like social distancing, pandemic, and self-quarantine instil fear and an end of the world as we know it mentality, it's easy to feed the social

Guest Post Social Listening never used to be considered a part of SEO. In the past, SEO and SMM (social media monitoring) were two completely separate things.  While this is still true, SEO and SMM

Chapter 4 Clyde thought his father’s request to be an odd one. Why could he not ring up the hotel and ask himself? Clyde had an hour’s break from studies. He took the opportunity to fulfil the task his

I won't begin by saying I completely understand you, where you are physically, emotionally, and spiritually at this very moment in your life but...maybe you're at a point where you feel like you're being

Chapter 3 “Carl, would you mind if I went into town to purchase a new dress for the public luncheon at Pier 21?” Evelyn asked. Glasses dangling upon the curve of his nose, Carl was hunched over some papers

Chapter 2 After Carl and Evelyn ushered the children off to school, Carl pulled Evelyn aside to ask her what her plans were for the day. “Well, I was going to visit Betsie for the day and run a few errands

We've all been there.Whether it's been writing a school paper, blog post, short story, novel, we've all experienced the "what now?" I've just completed this amazing portion of writing. It's complete,

Here concludes Evelyn Richardson's story which began in Redeemed From the Ashes. Chapter 1 The scrunched sheets in Evelyn’s fists weren’t enough of a deterrent to stop her nails digging into her palms.

After all, my erstwhile dear,  My no longer cherished,  Need we say it was not love,  Just because it perished? Edna St. Vincent Millay Passer Mortus Est. EPILOGUE “Mother!” A refined, older

I look at all that needs to be done this year and all that has already happened. It's overwhelming. And this doesn't include the coming of my baby in 12 weeks. However, when all these goals and plans pile

For all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!” John Greenleaf Whittier Maud Mauller, 1.105 Chapter 30 Crowds pressing in and over each other like waves merging in current

While on the shop and street I gazed  My body of a sudden blazed;  And twenty minutes more or less  It seemed, so great my happiness,  That I was blessed and could bless. W. B. Yeats

Your journal is your sacred place. Here you can capture and nurture your most creative thoughts and inspired ideas. 215 of the finest minds and biggest hearts in the world of empowerment have come together

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and I’m just discovering how much I’ve missed it. Now that my first trimester of sleeping during my writing time has passed into my second trimester of renewed

Of all that is most beauteous—imaged there  In happier beauty; more pellucid streams,  An ampler ether, a diviner air, And fields invested with puerperal gleams. William Wordsworth Lasodamia

Since I completely forgot to upload Chapter 27 last Friday as promised, you'll receive two chapter instalments this week. Happy reading! Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided... No personal

Love the Idea, Rarely Do It Monday evening I found out I'm pregnant with my 5th child. One of my traditions I've instilled with every pregnancy is writing a few letters to each unborn child. The letters

Mantra Monday Yesterday, a close friend of mine shared his struggle of comparing himself to others. He looked at one friend and saw how that friend was more successful and seemed to have it all together

The last couple of weeks, I've been on the down low and pushed everything aside, my blog, my social media presence so I could completely focus on getting my second novel ready for publication. The day

Book trailer for my latest novel Wisps Of Gold, second book in the Canadian Reminiscence Series. It's set during the tail-end of the Cariboo Goldrush in 1871 in BC, Canada. Let me know what you think!