My favourite season has rolled in. Here are some pictures from a trip I took to Quebec City last October. The old city was decorated with pumpkins, and made the season even more festive. It may be time to go pumpkin shopping.

On This Beach…

This week I finished Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. I finished it in two days actually. I loved the voice, I loved the characters, I loved the silly mother.

Spoiler though…

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It kind of bugged me that you never actually find out what happened to the main character. I mean I get it, I should be gossipy and hung up on those details, but it seems like it is part of the story, and it never gets told.

Anyone else out there read this book? What did you think of this?

4.5/5 stars.

I was on a trip, which I will try to blog about tomorrow, but here’s your belated writing prompt:

At the end of the land…

Choose your own adventure
1) was a field of burning lava
2) was a deep dark sea
3) was a cloud of white cotton balls, floating on the Nothing

Write!

Beyond the fence…

I have finally set it up. Now you can enter on the Goodreads website to win one of 12 copies of Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch! Click on the link below to get to the contest page. If you win, I will even sign the book for you!

If you’re looking for a little inspiration today, you’ve come to the right place.

The butterfly has long been a symbol of transformation. Yesterday, I found a fat green worm in my sink after washing off my kale leaves. Today, I dug up these photos I took a little over a year ago. In the past year, my life has undergone many transformations. Today, write about a transformation you have recently undergone, the transformation a fictional character has undergone, or pick a picture and write about the butterfly itself. If you need a bit more inspiration, think of Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

Today I’m doing a little light reading. I picked up a copy of Artful Blogging. I just love looking at the beautiful pictures others take and post on the web. Of course I inspire to do the same. I also picked up a copy of Llewellyn’s 2015 Magical Almanac, for interest but also for research for a story I’m slowly working my way through for WattPad. I got quite a bit of writing done on it this morning while drinking a beautiful caramel latte. Delicious too.

Here’s a picture of my reading spot for the afternoon, and my selection of readings. I hope you’re having a great read this Saturday too. What book is waiting on your couch?

This week marked the first time Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch was sold in a store. My favourite book store, in fact, called McNally Robinson. I’m so excited to be selling my book here. This is the kind of bookstore that comes to mind when I picture a bookstore: wooden shelves, dark decor, an amazing cafe, and even a tree with a spiral staircase rising up in the middle. It’s magical. For those who don’t live in Saskatoon, it’s worth a visit if you ever do come here. For those that do live here, go every chance you get.

Here’s a picture of me standing beside Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch, in the local authors section. And a picture of the book up in the Young Adult section.

I’ll admit it: sometimes I like to craft.

So here are a few pics of my latest creation: a bookmark shadowbox! It’s no secret that I love books (reading and writing). And I happen to think it’s pretty natural that I would then also love bookmarks. I’ve been collecting them for a while. It finally got to the point where I decided I should try to do something with them – and I can’t read that many books at once. So I decided to do this:

The only thing I wish I would have done differently is buy a bigger box!