My editor just emailed me a close-to-final version of the cover for “Counting on Fall,” my book that’s due out next fall from Owlkids. It’s really lovely!
Unfortunately, I can’t share it just yet. But I can give you a hint. Check out this blog post by Ashley Barron: “Is ‘Autumny’ a Word?”
What a sunrise this morning! It sure made me glad I got up early, and what a way to start December. I got a few photos of the colour, but in playing with my camera the photos came out looking quite different depending on the setting. See:
It made me think: which one is the shade of reality? Do I even remember now? Nope, not really. Does it matter? Maybe, but for me the variations are what matter not which one is more authentic.
Those differing shades of reality…the stuff a writer navigates through all the time, wouldn’t you say?
Tonight I popped into the Mac’s Milk store with my youngest daughter. She was wearing thick beige tights and a light blue sheer skirt, both of which showed beneath her winter coat. The cashier asked my daughter if she’d just come from dance class. Shyly my daughter replied that no, she’d come from skating.
The cashier smiled and, as she handed me my change, leaned over and said quietly to me, “Enjoy her at that stage.”
I nodded and walked out thinking that yeah, she’s absolutely right. But I also caught myself wondering about the background to that statement. What was it in the cashier’s story that urged her to say that to me, a stranger. I’m sure there’s a story there…somewhere.
I’ve updated my website with my book on the War of 1812. This, The Legacy of the War of 1812, is my eleventh book–and it happened in 2011. Not that that’s newsworthy, but it’s kind of neat.
Interested in the topic of this conflict? Here’s a commemorative site from the Government of Canada It’s a solid first step for finding out more about the events that made up this war as well as the bicentennial commemoration events that will be happening soon: http://1812.gc.ca
So now, dare I hope for 12 books in ’12? Actually–shh–it might be more than that. More details when I can share them.
