Category: Remarkable things in 2017
Interview with the Nanaimo News Bulletin tomorrow
I am so looking forward to meeting a reporter from the Nanaimo News Bulletin tomorrow and to have a chance to sit down and tell her about the Mabel Hartley Stories and my journey to become a YA fiction author of these awesome books. I will also be stopping by one of the stores that […]
Lesson for today: learning about merchandising Mabel in hats/t-shirts/bags
Oh, la la! I can’t wait until February when my first kit filled with Mabel stuff arrives. Just spent a few hours tonight figuring out merchandising. Maybe I will go back and get a degree in business after all. Or not! I’ll post pics when they come in the full line when it all comes 🙂
Finding my purpose takes me right back to my roots as a young reader
It was the most fabulous experience! Today, I started my day thumbing through an old atlas and decided to take it with me as part of my adventure into reading to a grade 4/5 elementary school class. I asked for a volunteer, actually, I asked for two, to help me locate the countries where my […]
Visit to our elementary school library
It was a really great day. I visited with the librarian, Laura Boulton at our local elementary school and saw my books on shelves and donated two copies of my third book to their collection. For me there really is nothing and I mean NOTHING like seeing my books on library shelves. I think of […]
2017 is the year! 20 years since my bipolar diagnosis
I woke up this morning and felt the dawn of a new year, one I’ve been waiting for for a very long time. It was 1997 that I was diagnosed with bipolar and in the 20 years since I have made a life of which I am very proud. This 20th anniversary year means so […]