5. Netflix shows Luther (post to come on Idris Elba) & Brooklyn 99 4. Cable shows keeping me going American Idol and Jlo’s new drama. Where have you been hiding Ray Liotta? 3. Movie Revenant. Wish it had more talking and less long beards. And less dead horses. 2. Art show featuring Gabriola artists Miss Tina […]
I never wake up feeling the same way each morning. Some mornings, I’m like a sloth, blinking open my eyes and wanting to crawl back under the covers for an undetermined amount of time. Other mornings (and this might count for 1x a month) I wake up before my children to a quiet house. But […]
Can I tell you a secret? I never dreamed about becoming a young adult fiction author when I grew up. I thought I wanted a normal life but the universe had other plans for me. After a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in my early 20s, new dreams took flight and all of them were about becoming an author. And that […]
It’s 1982 and Mabel, Tabby and Hugh are on the trail of another long lost treasure but this time it’s in the desert of a country called Jordan in an ancient place called Petra. Mabel, Tabby and Hugh have joined an archeological school and along the way they meet a nomadic Beduoin boy who joins them in their adventure […]
Readers, I want to thank you all for taking a journey (or maybe two) with Mabel Hartley this year. It truly has been a banner year for Mabel and me, with the completion of Volume 3 in the series, awaiting a line edit, and ready for publishing in Spring 2016. What a year I’ve had. […]
Five rounds of changes and feedback and I think we have a new cover. Only the trucker cap with the Union Jack remains of the old Mabel. Mabel Hartley gets a makeover as she changes her hair, her clothes and her personality to be rid of the terrible secret that threatens to destroy everyone she loves. Find out […]
It is such a rush to see the first idea for the cover of a story come together in collaboration with my favorite artist Donna Murillo. We started this morning and I feel euphoric. It’s one thing to spend years researching a story, months writing it, and several more months to create a draft worthy […]
Some thoughts on coming home: We wear poppies to remember those who fought for our freedom We get to live beside so much ocean We love our neighbors We travel on ferries We celebrate with friends and family We get to see our daughter go all out in her Halloween costume as Frankinstein We are […]
We’d just come from a fabulous dinner and we’re walking the downtown core of Pittsburgh when I noticed the 70s car on the side of the road. Then a girl ushered us across the street and told us to keep our distance. Someone muttered the name Ewan McGregor and we saw the whole street had […]
J.E. Reddington 