Before the Coffee Gets Cold: How Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Bestseller Came to Life
Stephen King doesn’t leave his desk until he’s hit his daily quota. World-renowned choreographer Twyla Tharpe collects ideas for a…
How Can Contemporary Dance Touch an Audience?
Porch View Dances celebrates the stories of people in a neighbourhood, pulling dance out of the theatre and inserting it…
Books With Strong Women: Female Protagonists in Love on Belmont and Between Worlds
“Books with strong women” receives an estimated 350 search a month in the Amazon US store. “Stories about strong women”…
Between Worlds: YA Books Without Romance
Between Worlds is a dual-timeline series about two teen girls—Juliana and Elisabeth—who grow up a century apart. As much as I…
Books for Teens and Adults That Celebrate New Beginnings
I generally find writing books about new beginnings easier than those about old beginnings. What do I mean by old…
Are the Love on Belmont Books Later-in-Life Romance Novels?
I love reading romance novels about characters my age or older: What experiences do we share? How do their lives…
Oh, What the Fudge: An Age Gap Romance Novel
Age gap romance novels give romance novelists one way to show that sometimes, we really can’t decide who we fall…
Shaking up the Pages: Exploring My World of Dance Fiction
In my world of dance fiction, dance has more uses for storytelling than just “Will I pass this audition? Will…
Experiencing Flamenco Dance on Film
Writers, performers, and many other creators know that the medium they choose to express themselves can have a great impact…
Setting Books in Belmont Village Kitchener: Between Worlds and Love on Belmont
I’ve spent most of my life in the twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Both cities have a downtown core, but…
