doo doo, doo doo – doo doo, doo doo…
Not long ago I received an auto-generated email from Amazon saying, Are you looking for something in our Mystery & Thriller Books department? If so, you might be interested in these items. The...
View ArticleAnd the winners are…
Thanks so much to those who left comments on last weeks post! Here are the names of the winners from the draw for the signed mass market paperbacks of The Birth House (with prologue and chapter one...
View ArticleNesting
Family and friends near and far keep me grounded, centered and sane. Then there are the people I’ve never met, (sometimes halfway around the world) who also reside in my heart. Their stories, their...
View ArticleJammie Dodgers for all!
Dear J. K. Rowling, “They say it’s your Pub Day, (insert guitar riff) It’s my Pub Day too, yeah! We’re gonna have a good time… I’m glad it’s your Pub Day, Happy Pub Day to you.” – with apologies to the...
View Articlecreation
This past summer, amid literary events and kitchen renos, I had a visit from two talented musicians, SarahRose Black and Andrew Ascenzo. Together they make up the wonderful duo, Arosa Star. I’d met...
View Articlewisdom of the crone
Crone…the word alone conjures the image of an elderly woman with a wrinkled, warty face and penetrating gaze. In fairy tales, she’s often referred to as a hag or a witch, and (to the dismay of many an...
View ArticleMidwife Mondays
It’s been a while since I’ve written about midwifery on my blog, but it’s a subject that’s near and dear to my heart, and never far from my mind. My homebirth baby, Jonah (pictured above) is now...
View Articleten times round the seasons
During the big rewrite/revision/edit of The Witches of New York an important milestone came and went. I didn’t exactly miss it, I just didn’t have time to stop and acknowledge it, (at least not in any...
View Articletea and sympathy
In certain circles in the 19th century, drinking tea was considered a dangerous habit. More specifically, working class women were discouraged from engaging in the practice because if they were taking...
View ArticleVibration is Life
In the 1880’s British physician, Joseph M. Granville, was searching for a better way to ‘cure’ hysteria in his female patients. By 1883, he had…
View ArticleMidwifery in the 1900s
North American medical literature from the 1890’s through the 1930’s shows a determined effort by the medical community to eliminate the practice of midwifery. While…
View ArticleThe Birth House optioned for TV.
I’ve been dying to make this announcement for awhile now, and it looks like today’s the day. The news first went out this morning via Playback Online, (“Canada’s production, broadcasting and...
View ArticleSomeone always knew you would
So, the news is out—the process to adapt The Birth House into a television series has begun! (If you missed the official press release, there’s a link to it at the end of this post.) Because so many of...
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