Many things can go wrong with a manuscript. It’s a miracle really when you reach the…
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Book review: MASH by Richard Hooker (historical fiction)
Augustus Bedford “Duke” Forrest and Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce spend eighteen life-changing months serving in the…
Book Review: All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham (romance)
Set on Mayne Island, from 1941 to 1945, All We Left Behind is a sweet romance…
Is She Me? (short story) by Leanne Dyck
This short story is intended as an anthem for women of a certain age. photo by…
A Bedtime Story (short story) by Leanne Dyck
photo by ldyck To celebrate the end of daylight saving time, I share a short story…
Book Review: The Guardians by Andrew Pyper (horror)
Would you like to learn how to create suspense and build on it? Andrew Pyper teaches…
Book Review: People Like Frank and other stories from the edge of normal by Jenn Ashton
People Like Frank, Jenn Ashton’s newly released short story collection is peopled with diverse characters from…
Leanne Dyck, Blogger (3-minute memoir)
To celebrate this blog’s tenth anniversary, allow me to take you back–way back to the beginning……
Larry (short story) by Leanne Dyck
In this short story, Colleen desperately wants someone to help her find justice. Inspired by this…
Book Review: Hurry Home (thriller) by Roz Nay
‘”Some people are wired wrong… And sometimes they end up in your family.”‘ (p. 153) Can…
Author reading on the radio (short story) by Leanne Dyck
One day I took a ferry from Mayne Island to a radio station on Salt Spring…
Lessons in Icelandic (short story) by Leanne Dyck
Celebrating!! At 10:59 am on Sunday, September 13, 2020, this blog just received its 500,000-page view. …
Book Review: Runaway (short story collection) by Alice Munro
The ends of each of these eight stories fall like heavyweights in this deeply emotional collection. …
Jaron Cardew, author (short story) by Leanne Dyck
How does society view the artist? What do they expect from us? photo by ldyck Jaron…
Guest Reviewer: Year One by Nora Roberts reviewed by Benni Chisholm
Buy this book BOOK REVIEW YEAR ONE by Nora Roberts Published October 2018 St Martin’s Press…
Visiting Iceland (travel adventure short story) by Leanne Dyck
photo by ldyck Visiting Iceland It’s hard for me to tell you about my time in…
Book Review: The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Happy World Book Lover Day! I love to think of us all–one big family of readers…
Maybe Me (short story) (romance–maybe) by Leanne Dyck
photo by ldyck Maybe Me Do you remember how we met? I was on stage in…
Book Review: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (darkly comic thriller)
Everyone in this books is using someone, but no one does it more frequently or to…
Galiano Island Ablaze (short story) by Leanne Dyck
When you live on a remote island there’s an ever present danger that tourists may not…
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
In Room, a five-year-old boy and his mother are held captive in an 11 x 11…
A Fish on the Hayfield (short story) by Leanne Dyck
In 2006, I published a chapbook of short stories–Maynely True. The last story of that collection…
Independence (short story) by Leanne Dyck
This short story was inspired by the upcoming North American holidays–Canada Day (July 1st) and Independence…
Book Review: Crow Winter by Karen McBride
Recent university graduate Hazel Ellis is grieving the loss of her father. To cope, she moves…
Blogging: What You Need to Know (article) by Leanne Dyck
Wow, you knocked my socks off in May. 16,000 page views. 16,000 page view in one…