My novel She continues to make its merry way around the world, hopping onto first American then UK blogs. This past week, it appeared on Brainy Book Reads, eInk Reviews, and High Class Books. All three posted a Book Feature; Brainy Book Reads and High Class Books an interview with me; and eInk Reviews my…
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Review: The Consolations of Philosophy
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I borrowed the ebook from the Toronto Public Library, and it’s, um, an interesting book. It has a ton of images in it, which in a regular kind of ebook as this was, are displayed strangely sometimes — image on one…
Review: A Nation Worth Ranting About
A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Many of the rants were familiar to me, so I must admit I skimmed through those, but the Maclean’s articles were not, and some of the rants I just didn’t remember. I could hear Mercer ranting in my head as I…
Virtual Book Tour: Ten Writer Tips on Author’s Friend and a Review
Today I have three events for my Orangeberry Book Tour! First up, a guest post on Author’s Friend. I offer ten tips on becoming a better writer, and I throw in a bonus tip too. “Even if [writing] comes naturally, spilling out like a thunderous waterfall, there are things you can do to make that…
An Author Interview on Blog-A-Licious Authors and a #TwitterView
My Orangeberry blog tour continues. This weekend is a quickie author interview, my second one, and a #TwitterView, round 2. But just because the events are the same genre, doesn’t mean the questions and answers are the same! Blog-A-Licious Authors asks such questions as, “What genre are you most comfortable writing?” Regular readers of my…
Nineteen-Point EEG and Evoked Potentials Tests
I went for another 19-point EEG assessment at the ADD Centre this past week. I’ve had, I think, three of these before, the last one being in September 2007. Things have changed! First off, much better cap. It’s stretchy and easily goes over all my hair. Plus the electrodes are on the outside. The syringe…
Virtual Book Tour: Author Interview
My Orangeberry virtual book tour for my first novel She is in full swing. Next stop: author interview on Mommy Adventures. Read my answers to such questions as what’s my fave food and how has my upbringing influenced my writing. “Writing was just unadulterated fun.“ One of the nice things about a virtual tour is…
#TwitterView with @ShireenJ on Writing and She
After Orangeberry’s Twitter Blast comes the #TwitterView, short for a Twitter interview. I’ve never done one before. But it’s not so hard — well, except for fitting in a complete reply between Twitter handles and hashtags. Hashtags are those snippets of text denoting an event or topic that start with the pound key symbol #.…
Virtual Book Tour of She Begins!
In the old days, authors had to tour bookstores to meet readers. Today, in our connected globe, we tour blogs to meet readers, and we can all say hello from the comfort of our living room couches. I’ve participated in a couple. And on this day, I begin my first virtual book tour, set up…