Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I don’t consider myself an author, more of a hobby writer. My first book, Survival Guide for the Working World, was purely an accident. I had finished university and found myself with spare time. I was also in a mood where I was irritated with the behaviours around me. In polite society, we don’t express those kinds of thoughts out loud; that’s for your inside voice. So I started writing, and all sorts of things came out.
Once I was several topics into my ramblings, I realized I might have something worth sharing. So I went back and re-wrote a lot of the content, so it was fit for public consumption. And here we are today.
My writing is based on life experience with a desire to share the lessons I’ve learned with others to save them a little pain and shave some time off the learning curve. I am not going to claim to be any kind of expert, I am a sharer of hard lessons learned and years of experience in all sorts of work environments.
In total I have three published books.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled, It’s All Relative: One Family’s Story of Kidney Disease.
When I was told that my kidneys were on a downward decline, I was devastated. I needed to get those emotions out. So I wrote down everything I was feeling. Then I left the story I wrote and didn’t look at it again. As my decline continued, I decided rather than feeling sorry for myself, I wondered if my story and the stories of my family would help others.
So I asked my family if they would be willing to share. What resulted was our book: It’s All Relative. Our collaboration is intended to raise awareness for Polycystic Kidney Disease along with proceeds from the book being donated to the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Sometimes I start with my closing sentence or the thought that I want to leave people with. I have such a hard time getting started but I know where I want to be.
What are you working on now?
I have a couple of more pieces in the works that are very different from each other. They are:
What its REALLY like to be a woman
and
Breaking Bad Habits of Change
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still working on figuring that out.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep trying, and write for yourself first.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Consider anything you write as deck boards, when it no longer works where it is, pry it up and move it somewhere else — Gail Gravelines
What are you reading now?
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews.
What is your favorite book of all time?
That is a very tough question. I have so many favourites!
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