Lorina Stephens Appears in Orangeville Citizen

Dan Pelton, reporter with the Orangeville Citizen, wrote a great article about Lorina in the March 26 edition. Read what he had to say about Lorina and her novel, Shadow Song, which she’ll be signing at Coles, Orangeville Mall, 150 First Street, Orangeville, Ontario, this coming Saturday, March 29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Review: How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days

Paul Lima’s latest book, How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days (Lulu Publishing, 75 pages, $12.95 paperback, $9.95 download) is an energizing, realistic self-help guide perfect for novice through experienced writers. Lima’s no-nonsense techniques and experience take you from thought to first draft, presented with his usual fluid writing. Not a fan of self-help books, and being primarily a writer of fiction, I found myself nodding in agreement with all his processes. If…

Review: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Despite the talents of Cate Blanchet, Geoffery Rush, and Clive Owen, talent wasn’t enough to overcome the tragically inaccurate and Bollywood concoction of fantasy director Shekhar Kapur presented in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Why it is Elizabeth I’s legendary life, already rife with intrigue, spectacle and grandeur, had to be further embellished by the wretched screenplay of William Nicholson and Michael Hirst is quite beyond my comprehension. One wonders, did these men not read any…

Praise for Recipes of a Dumb Housewife

Don’t let the name fool you. There’s nothing dumb about this housewife. Or the cookbook. Peppered between some tried and true recipes are anecdotes about life and family and stories about the recipes. Joanne Shuttleworth Guelph Mercury Open that fridge and start cooking! So many of us have opened our refrigerators and stared blankly into that void declaring “There’s nothing to eat.” Well it’s time to throw down the shackles of that kind of thinking….