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It’s an Author’s Life: My Everyday Challenges
My Current Project Over the past year, I've been focused on writing a series of children's chapter books, the My Everyday Series. They are all about the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants to Canada. If you hadn't guessed, they're loosely based on my childhood. Most...
Science by a Scientist: Frogs
Why is an Author Writing about Science? Some of you will know that, in my previous life, I worked as a research scientist and biology professor. What you may not know is that science is really cool IMHO! So, I've decided that every Tuesday, I'll share some of it with...
Indie or Outie? What’s the best way to publish your book?
Siblings have some all-important conversations. As the eldest, it fell to me to explain to my brothers and sister what an innie, as opposed to an outie, is. There was some pride involved with being one or the other. Actually, I always thought that you have what you...
Website Woes
Facebook and My Website Over the past several months, I've been trying to figure out why the image is not displayed when I post a link on Facebook. Usually, I just get a question mark and a gray box. I called Bluehost, and they said it was my SEO's fault. So, I turned...
Exciting News
Golden Nib Award I'd forgotten that I'd entered, so hearing that my piece won first place was a total surprise. Here follows the nonfiction piece itself: If the Tree Could Speak Chapter 1, Unforgivable “Frits, stop your ridiculous tinkering!” Sister Dermout’s harsh...
Coincidence or Not?
Just about five weeks ago, my husband took me to the ER. I was in tremendous pain; morphine was welcomed with open arms! Once the pain subsided, they sent me home. As I lay in bed the next day, a friend phoned and prayed with me. Only minutes after we hung up, my...