I’m very grateful to the Literary Review of Canada for reaching out to me to review Secret Sex ed. by Russell Smith. Read my full review on their website, or in print!
I received this book from The Next Best Book Club in exchange for an honest review. “The truth is, the truth is, the truth is, I am fertile with pain,” (Robinson 53, “The Rabbits”). The Ill-Fitting Skin is a fantastic short story collection! Most of the stories follow women in various stages of their lives: mothers, partners, young …
I’m very exciting to be joining Neil Smith, Christina Brooks, and Murgatroyd Monoghan to read excerpts of our stories, answer questions, and discuss them. It’s going to be a fun event happening on Wednesday April 17th at 8:30pm for the low low price of FREE, which is always nice. You do need to reserve a spot and “purchase” a …
I’m very honoured to announce that my short story “Peach Baby” made gritLit’s 2024 Writing Contest Longlist! Check out the other longlist authors here.
I’m a simple girl, you tell me there’s an anthology of YA stories adapted from Shakespeare’s plays and I’ll read it. That Way Madness Lies doesn’t disappoint, it’s an excellent collection of stories that Shakespeare lovers will love and many of the stories work as a great introduction to Shakespeare’s works that reluctant teens may be …
I received this book from The Next Best Book Club in exchange for an honest review. “That morning he had waited at the station for the train to start running again, his head low, body shaking, and he understood why people killed, why people stopped feeling, why people stopped believing in God. He heard the first train …
Wow, more fun announcements, look at me go! Anyone remember 2020? It sure was one heck of a year. Well, at the beginning of that year (before everything else happened) I found out my story “What Happened to Natalie?” was an honourable mention for gritLIT’s 2020 Writing Contest! It was very exciting because 1) I …
You read that title right, my short story “On the Rocks” won in Dawson City’s Authors on Eighth Prose category! I found this out way way (way) back in August when Visit Dawson City’s Instagram posted this photo from the Authors on Eighth Walking Tour with my name (then misspelled, now spelled correctly). I hadn’t …
I received this book from The Next Best Book Club in exchange for an honest review. “I had a kinky sex dream about Alex Trebek. It wasn’t all bad, but then again, I can remember only snippets of it. Running my fingers through his gray hair. I answered him, “What is the meaning of life?” And he …
Last year I entered Dawson’s City 2021 Authors on Eighth Contest. I didn’t win, which wasn’t shocking. I remember the story was a bit of rambling, me trying to process how quickly everything was reopening, my fears and disappointments and trying to understand what normal looked like now versus what it was, if I could …
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