The Ravenstones

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  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

    I was talking to my granddaughter the other day about serendipity. Naturally, it had to do with books and a bookstore. It also had to do with my book series, and about bird feathers in particular. By the way, according to my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford University Press, 1973), the word Read more

  • Smartcuts

    Smartcuts

    I was passing by my favourite local bookstore (Hager Books) the other week when I noticed a couple of boxes of discounted items just outside the entrance. Not being able to resist a good sale I started combing through the small collection. It wasn’t long before I came across the following: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, Read more

  • Duty and Service

    Duty and Service

    I hadn’t intended to write about the passing of Canada’s longest-serving monarch, since much has been expressed elsewhere on television and social media by those far more eloquent than I am about the life and times of Queen Elizabeth. Indeed, I imagined I’d have little to add that is truly noteworthy or belongs in a Read more

  • Death and Life (An Update)

    Death and Life (An Update)

    “The intrigue, magic, twists, turns and adventure continues.” Or so says Reedsy Discovery.   It’s a rare day when I break my normal routine of bi-weekly posts. In fact, the last (and only) time I did so was eleven months ago, when I announced the publication of Book 4 in The Ravenstones series: Gains and Read more

  • I Confess

    I Confess

    I confess: I’ve never read anything by J.D. Salinger. It’s true. Maybe it’s because the famous American writer is not held in such great awe and regard in Canada. We have plenty of exceptional authors of our own, and during my high school years, it was never part of any curriculum I encountered. I did, Read more

  • The Winter of Discontent

    The Winter of Discontent

    Are you ready? The Winter of Discontent, Book 6 of The Ravenstones series, is coming out on August 15th, as usual on Amazon. “And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with its wrathful nipping cold” – William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act 2 Winter of Discontent follows upon Death and Life, which was published Read more