The Ravenstones

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  • 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

  • One Tricky Spider – Anansi

    One Tricky Spider – Anansi

    Readers will have figured out by now that I have soft spot for anthropomorphic animals. (And if this news comes as a surprise, you’ve come to the wrong blog site!) One of the first such characters I came across in my childhood was Anansi the spider. I can’t recall exactly how old I was when… Read more