My top three tips for winter coziness, comfort & cheer

Despite living in Canada, I’m not a winter person. While British friends post photos of snowdrops and green daffodil shoots, I look out my window at snowdrifts knowing it will be almost three months before I see any such signs of spring here. This January has...

How book editing is like January decluttering

Hello, 2026 and wishing you all the best for this new year. While the holiday season is over, it’s still Christmas in my world as I’m working on edits for two seasonal books. One is A Small Town Family Christmas (September 2026), third in my Jen Gilroy Strawberry Pond...

All I want for Christmas

For those who mark Christmas, it’s the season to celebrate the Nativity, gather with family and friends, put up sparkly decorations, exchange brightly-wrapped gifts and more. It’s also a time of joy and renewal, love and hope and to observe the turning of another...

When Jane Austen messaged me

Since my first book was published in 2017, many things about the author life have surprised me. There are the obvious ones… Juggling multiple deadlines and books at different stages. Learning how the publishing business works. And how much of a writer’s time is...