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Paddle Art Auction Coming Soon

9/14/2021

Here is the link to the Algonquin Outfitters Paddle Art Auction. Take a peek, there might be one or two paddles that you might like to bid on.

Paddles can be viewed from September 13th to 27th online, and are scheduled to go to live auction on September 27th to raise money for art programs at:

*Algonquin Art Centre
*Canadian Canoe Museum - Peterborough
*Huntsville Art Society - Artists in the Schools
*Huntsville Festival of Arts
*Tom Thomson Gallery in Owen Sound
*Town of Huntsville’s reserved fund for future public art acquisition

My submission is Lot #42: "UNPLUGGED".

https://algonquinoutfitters.hibid.com/lots/

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Help ~ I Need a Favour

9/1/2021

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Photo image by mskathrynne on Pixabay.

Please help…

I need a favour from my friends and family:

I am currently competing in a writing contest that requires me to beg, bribe and blackmail people into voting for my story. If I can get enough people to vote for me, I can make it into the judging round of the writing contest. You get to vote for three stories (hopefully, one is mine).

So, if you are feeling kind or generous, please VOTE for my story, FINS, TEETH, AND BROKEN SURFBOARDS in the Blank Spaces Magazine Anthology Contest at this link before the end of September 2021:

https://www.blankspaces.ca/5050-entries

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Accountability Partners: Are They Beneficial?

8/16/2021

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Accountability Partners: Colleen Winter & Lori Twining

I have a simple goal: I want a writing career.

Unfortunately, it is not as simple as quitting my day job and writing the damn novel. Other things factor into a writing career, besides having money to pay the bills. In 2021, as a writer, it is essential to have a social media presence, network with others, be searchable on Google, be knowledgeable and experienced with the craft of writing, have an agent, have a publisher, and the list goes on and on. It is endless.

Is a writing career something I can do alone?

To continue reading this post, go to the link below:

My Guest Post at Ascribe Writers

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Binge-worthy Podcasts for Writers

6/21/2021

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Lori Twining ~ Podcast Recommendations

Some of my writing buddies have been struggling to find the words lately. I’m no different. There are days I sit at my desk and stare at a blank page and wonder why I am even bothering to get up. Seriously, I could be sleeping right now. I never get enough sleep.

However, there are also days that I plunge my mind into other things besides working for someone else and wrestling with the words on the page. Sometimes, I like to immerse myself in other creative activities such as sketching, painting, and photography. Sometimes, I create colourful quilts and blankets from scraps of material found in a material bin. Sometimes I spend hours designing a new baby blanket (because who wants to use someone else’s pattern). And, sometimes, I bake cookies, experiment without a recipe, and eat every last one of them.

The thing is, I have found a way to get my writing mojo back during these other creative moments in my life. I’ve been multi-tasking.

To continue reading this post, go to the link below:

My Guest Post at Ascribe Writers

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Confessions from the Quilting Circle by Maisey Yates ~ Book Review

5/4/2021

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Confessions from the Quilting Circle
by Maisey Yates (Contemporary/Romance/Women's Fiction/Mystery)

Publisher: Harlequin Books | Release Date: May 4th, 2021

You can read more about the book at the following places, or order your copy at:

Goodreads | Amazon CA | Amazon COM | KOBO | Chapters-Indigo

"Yates weaves surprises and vivid descriptions into this moving tale about strong and nurturing female family bonds."--Booklist on Confessions from the Quilting Circle

The Ashwood women don’t have much in common… except their ability to keep secrets.

When Lark Ashwood’s beloved grandmother dies, she and her sisters discover an unfinished quilt. Finishing it could be the reason Lark’s been looking for to stop running from the past, but is she ever going to be brave enough to share her biggest secret with the people she ought to be closest to?

Hannah can’t believe she’s back in Bear Creek, the tiny town she sacrificed everything to escape from. The plan? Help her sisters renovate her grandmother’s house and leave as fast as humanly possible. Until she comes face-to-face with a man from her past. But getting close to him again might mean confessing what really drove her away...

Stay-at-home mom Avery has built a perfect life, but at a cost. She’ll need all her family around her, and all her strength, to decide if the price of perfection is one she can afford to keep paying.

This summer, the Ashwood women must lean on each other like never before, if they are to stitch their family back together, one truth at a time...

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