It's hard to believe, but Trusting Bamboo Bridges was released to the world a whole year ago. What a rush! As a birthday gift to my readers, and those perspective readers, the e-book price has been dropped to under 5 Canadian dollars. That means...

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my three minutes of fame, compliments of Nancy Wilmot at Shaw TV in Port Alberni. Enjoy https://youtu.be/M3TvjOiunS0

The other day I picked up my high-end, relatively expensive DSLR camera and noticed a rattle – a little metallic tinkle when I gave it a shake. I shrugged, turned the camera on, and ... nothing happened. A sharp pang of dread struck just below my...

  They're here, they're here, they're finally here! It's a little surreal to have a stack of cardboard boxes sitting on my office floor, full of shiny new novels; the covers unopened, the spines un-cracked. Pages covered in tiny black...

  Well dear readers, the time has just about come. I may be sitting calmly behind my laptop, enjoying the afternoon sun and sipping a coffee, but inside I'm a mess. The printer has promised my books will be ready to ship by Tuesday. No more...

In the run-up to Monday's official release of Trusting Bamboo Bridges on e-book, I am facing the inevitable question: is this novel about you? After years of telling stories from my travels, and hearing over and over again that I should write them...

They say that an army marches on its stomach. Well, most travelers follow their taste buds, and I was no exception. Many countries take pride in their cuisine, and I've been known to pause my travels just because of it. Falafel in Egypt, Dim Sum in...

My novel Trusting Bamboo Bridges is coming out any minute now and it's a very exciting and busy time, as you can imagine. In the run up to print, I was hunting around for cover photos, and that got me thinking. I use many of my old photos to...