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ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID NEVER A BRIDE

July 22, 2010

ALWAYS A BRIDE NEVER A BRIDESMAID

What do you call twenty-eight women sitting in the living room spreading melted Brie over rice crackers, pounding back the cocktails and yapping like crows sitting on a fence? If you said Tuesday night book club night you’d be close. In fact this was a bridal shower, for my cousin Francine’s daughter, Helen.

It’s been a custom for decades now to shower new brides- to-be with things that will help them set up a household but brides today have either lived on their own and collected their trousseau or

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Outrunning Crazy – Novel

July 15, 2010

Read the full novel!

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Chapter 1: THE BIG PICTURE

The summer of 1968 is where my mind plops down and lights up a smoke. I am ten years old. It’s hotter than Hades and we are all standing in the woodshed, attached to the summer kitchen, my siblings and my mother, still as soldiers, barely able to catch our breath. It smells like mouse shit and dried wood.
“Don’t make a sound,” she threatened us, “or I’ll crucify you.” My

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WRITE AT ISLAND DOT CALM

July 13, 2010

These are my favourite two days of the summer. I get a handful of writers at my island studio and we learn how to write great dialogue, great plot, great stories. Whether you are a new writer or an experienced on do not miss this great opportunity to write and spend time on beautiufl AMHERST ISLAND.

FREE CONSULTATION ABOUT YOUR WRITING INCLUDED IN THIS TWO DAY EVENT.

AUgst 7th, 8th,

WRITERS WORKSHOP. CHECK IT OUT UNDER BUY STUFF.

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TWO DAY Writers Retreat AMHERST ISLAND : August 7-8th 2010

New writers and writers who want to take the time to jumpstart their creativity and follow an idea through to completion.
This two day retreat will teach you how to get past your inner critic, develop characters that have strong voices, pick the genre and medium you are powerful in, and what to do to GET PUBLISHED.  You can book a B and B and come to the island to get away from it all, $150.00
Deb was nominated for 2009 National Magazine Humour Award and the Governor

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