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Latest (Feb. 14, 2008):
My short story 'Grace Enough'
places Second in the North Shore Writers' Association 2007 Writing Contest.
Read it here.

About the Author

Local writer shares her wisdom with students - Article in the NOW Newspaper

Storytelling for Adults, December 2007 - Article in the Peace Arch News newspaper

Writing for Children

Meeting Miss 405 - Orca Book Publishers, Fall 2008

Articles, essays, memoir, and poetry

Adopting Alexandra - Article in the UFCW Update

Advice my Mother Never Gave Me - Personal essay in the Vancouver Sun.

Beginning Poetry - Article in Quarter Moon Quarterly

Bloomsbury Slept Here - Travel article in W ordWorks

Both Sides Now - getting the most out of a writing class - Article in Canadian Author and Bookman

Egypt - two short travel pieces in the Tri-City News, Halifax Herald, and other regional newspapers.

Fine Furniture Stirs Longing for Dancing Pair - Essay in the Vancouver Sun

Frisco Myths Debunked from Atop Tower - Travel article in Tri-City News

Observing the Three Rs - Article in Cottage Magazine

Group Therapy - Finding, forming, and participating in writing groups - Article at the Writers Resource Centre; subsequently in the 13th. Edition of the Canadian Writer's Guide.

Hey, Ms. Victim, Have I Got Deal for You - Satire in the Vancouver Sun, Saturday Review

I Write, Therefore I am a Writer - Essay in Canadian Author

I Knew There Was an Animal Under the Trees - poem in Quarter Moon Quarterly

Iraq, Loved & Lost - Essay in Maclean's Magazine.

Make Every Word Count - Article in the Writer Magazine

Making the Best of Your Off Desk Time - Article in the Writer Magazine.

May I Put You On Hold? - Article in the Aug 2007 Writer Magazine

Nile Journey - travel article in Travel Impulse

The Three Ps of Promotion - Article in The Writer Magazine.

Smooth as Silk - Profile in UFCW Update

Someday we'll be Together - Poem in Quarter Moon Quarterly

Victoria, a Walker's Delight - Travel article in Travelwise

The Road to Basra - Memoir in Eclectica.

We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Interrogation techniques to help uncover your characters' stories
in The Writer Magazine

Writer, Edit Thyself - Article in Writers' Resource Center.

Writing Inside - Essay in the British print journal Buzzwords (now online only).

Writing From Life - Article in Canadian Author Magazine

Writing with Intent - Article in ByLine Magazine.

Short stories

Baby Beluga - In Snow Monkey, and reprinted in Seventh Quark (UK).
Also quarterly session winner in the Ashes short fiction contest (UK).

Birds in the Family - Flash fiction in Insolent Rudder

Boy Bouncing - In Southern Ocean Review.

But What Do I Know About Music - In the Southern Ocean Review.

Crows - Peninsular Magazine, UK

Don't You Remember Me? - In the now defunct British literary journal Breakfast All Day.

Five Uses for a Paring Knife - In Room of One's Own.

Flights of Fancy - In Slice of Life (no longer publishing)

Hair Games - In Worldwide Writers, subsequently published in Seventh Quark. (Also joint First Place winner of the Short Story Contest at the Southampton Writers' Conference - UK)

House Hunting - In the British print journal Buzzwords (now only online here)

Jubilee Man - In the Painted Moon Review (inactive website - fall 2004).

Language of the Air - In the Paumanok Review.

Little Grasshopper - In print in Buzzwords (now online only)

Long Time No See - In the now defunct British literary journal Breakfast All Day.

Mama Don't - In Lichen Literary Journal (also winner of the Lichfield Short Story contest, UK).

Mirror Image - In print in Buzzwords (now online only)

Other Mother - In the now defunct BC print journal RIM.

Painted Nails - Included in the Fish Anthology. Subsequently published in the Arts Council of Surrey Spotlight. (Also First Place winner of the Short Short Story Contest, Southampton Writers' Conference contest.)

The Properties of Glass - In Moondance.

Songs in the Dark - In The MacGuffin and the Clackamas Review.
(Also winner of the Victoria Literary Slam Fiction contest in earlier version Reading by the Light of the Moon.)

Sign Language - Short story in the Paumanok Review.

Skim Milk - First Place for fiction in the Surrey Stories contest sponsored by the Surrey Arts Centre and Kwantlen University College, May 2005. Published in the anthology Surrey Stories.

Star Signs - Short story in the Pindeldyboz.

Stopping at High River - Online at Brady Magazine , subsequently published in print in Buzzwords (now online only) and in the anthology Down in the Valley (Pub. Ekstasis).

In progress or seeking a home

At the Bridge - Short story

Blink! The day my face died - YA novel

Eating Apples from the Blade of a Knife - Short story

Elsie and the Silver Rain - Children's novel (Followed by Scoop and the Boxcar Tourists, below)

Escape To the Summer House - Children's mid-grade novel

Grace Enough - Short story

Just Go - Novel in progress

Missed Notes, a Red Car - Short story

Callie's Kisses - Children's picture book story

The Return of the Summer Fish - Children's novel

Scoop and the Boxcar Tourists - Children's novel, sequel to Elsie and the Silver Rain

Shrinking Viola - Adult novel

Something to Worry About - Children's picture book story

The Scent of Rosehips - Short story

Two Useless Men on Moving Day - Short story

War Stories - Short story

When Papa Works the Night Shift - Children's picture book story

Will Shakespeare, in Other Words - YA novel

You Can't Have a Witch Without a Comma - a spooky story about punctuation - children's picturebook text

Who Do You Wish Was With Us - Adult novel

Updated Jan 2008

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Writing for Children

Meeting Miss 405 - Orca Book Publishers, Fall 2008

Articles, essays, memoir, and poetry

Adopting Alexandra - Article in the UFCW Update
Advice my Mother Never Gave Me - Personal essay in the Vancouver Sun.
Beginning Poetry - Article in Quarter Moon Quarterly
Bloomsbury Slept Here - Travel article in W ordWorks
Both Sides Now - getting the most out of a writing class - Article in Canadian Author and Bookman
Egypt - two short travel pieces in the Tri-City News, Halifax Herald, and other regional newspapers.
Fine Furniture Stirs Longing for Dancing Pair - Essay in the Vancouver Sun
Frisco Myths Debunked from Atop Tower - Travel article in Tri-City News
Observing the Three Rs - Article in Cottage Magazine
Group Therapy - Finding, forming, and participating in writing groups - Article at the Writers Resource Centre; subsequently in the 13th. Edition of the Canadian Writer's Guide.
Hey, Ms. Victim, Have I Got Deal for You - Satire in the Vancouver Sun, Saturday Review
I Write, Therefore I am a Writer - Essay in Canadian Author
I Knew There Was an Animal Under the Trees - poem in Quarter Moon Quarterly
Iraq, Loved & Lost - Essay in Maclean's Magazine.
Make Every Word Count - Article in the Writer Magazine
Making the Best of Your Off Desk Time - Article in the Writer Magazine.
May I Put You On Hold? - Article in the Aug 2007 Writer Magazine
Nile Journey - travel article in Travel Impulse
The Three Ps of Promotion - Article in The Writer Magazine.
Smooth as Silk - Profile in UFCW Update
Someday we'll be Together - Poem in Quarter Moon Quarterly
Victoria, a Walker's Delight - Travel article in Travelwise
The Road to Basra - Memoir in Eclectica.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Interrogation techniques to help uncover your characters' stories in The Writer Magazine
Writer, Edit Thyself - Article in Writers' Resource Center.
Writing Inside - Essay in the British print journal Buzzwords (now online only).
Writing From Life - Article in Canadian Author Magazine
Writing with Intent - Article in ByLine Magazine.
Short stories
Baby Beluga - In Snow Monkey, and reprinted in Seventh Quark (UK). Also quarterly session winner in the Ashes short fiction contest (UK).
Birds in the Family - Flash fiction in Insolent Rudder
Boy Bouncing - In Southern Ocean Review.
But What Do I Know About Music - In the Southern Ocean Review.
Crows - Peninsular Magazine, UK
Don't You Remember Me? - In the now defunct British literary journal Breakfast All Day.
Five Uses for a Paring Knife - In Room of One's Own.
Flights of Fancy - In Slice of Life (no longer publishing)
Hair Games - In Worldwide Writers, subsequently published in Seventh Quark. (Also joint First Place winner of the Short Story Contest at the Southampton Writers' Conference - UK)
House Hunting - In the British print journal Buzzwords (now only online here)
Jubilee Man - In the Painted Moon Review (inactive website - fall 2004).
Language of the Air - In the Paumanok Review.
Little Grasshopper - In print in Buzzwords (now online only)
Long Time No See - In the now defunct British literary journal Breakfast All Day.
Mama Don't - In Lichen Literary Journal (also winner of the Lichfield Short Story contest, UK).
Mirror Image - In print in Buzzwords (now online only)
Other Mother - In the now defunct BC print journal RIM.
Painted Nails - Included in the Fish Anthology. Subsequently published in the Arts Council of Surrey Spotlight. (Also First Place winner of the Short Short Story Contest, Southampton Writers' Conference contest.)
The Properties of Glass - In Moondance.
Songs in the Dark - In The MacGuffin and the Clackamas Review. (Also winner of the Victoria Literary Slam Fiction contest in earlier version Reading by the Light of the Moon.)
Sign Language - Short story in the Paumanok Review.
Skim Milk - First Place for fiction in the Surrey Stories contest sponsored by the Surrey Arts Centre and Kwantlen University College, May 2005. Published in the anthology Surrey Stories.
Star Signs - Short story in the Pindeldyboz.
Stopping at High River - Online at Brady Magazine , subsequently published in print in Buzzwords (now online only) and in the anthology Down in the Valley (Pub. Ekstasis).

In progress or seeking a home

At the Bridge - Short story
Blink! The day my face died - YA novel
Eating Apples from the Blade of a Knife - Short story
Elsie and the Silver Rain - Children's novel (Followed by Scoop and the Boxcar Tourists, below)
Escape To the Summer House - Children's mid-grade novel
Grace Enough - Short story
Just Go - Novel in progress
Missed Notes, a Red Car - Short story
Callie's Kisses - Children's picture book story
The Return of the Summer Fish - Children's novel
Scoop and the Boxcar Tourists - Children's novel, sequel to Elsie and the Silver Rain
Shrinking Viola - Adult novel
Something to Worry About - Children's picture book story
The Scent of Rosehips - Short story
Two Useless Men on Moving Day - Short story
War Stories - Short story
When Papa Works the Night Shift - Children's picture book story
Will Shakespeare, in Other Words - YA novel
You Can't Have a Witch Without a Comma - a spooky story about punctuation - children's picturebook text
Who Do You Wish Was With Us - Adult novel