by Kathryn Jane Something we all, yep ALL, need to pay attention to no matter what our circumstances, is self-care. We live in a world brimming with information, watching bad news from around the world, and being exposed to a great deal of negativity minute by minute. In some ways this is good as we…
Tag: Happy
Life Changing
Gratitude and Positivity I’m often asked how I manage to stay positive in this crazy world. How I can ignore the horrors we’re bombarded with through social media and television. This is my story. Some years ago I worked twelve hour shifts on the receiving end of 9-1-1 calls. I spent long hours talking to…
Have you lost your mind?
by Kathryn Jane I keep asking myself this question. Why? Because I’ve been told many, many times that a writer should always stick to one genre, yet in the span of just a few months I’m releasing four books, in three different genres. Why? Because I write what I want to write. What I feel….
Easter – so much more than a word
Easter. Six letters. Two syllables. A simple sounding word with a nice visual balance. A word tasked with conveying entire stories, and where a picture is often worth a thousand words, some words are worth a thousand pictures. In our complex world filled with assorted and often dissimilar beliefs, Easter conjures up an amazing collection…
Spreading Love WILL Change the World
by Kathryn Jane I’m a creative. I write, paint, make things with my hands. This means I spend a great deal of time in my own head. When I’m writing, my characters occupy that empty space quite nicely, but when I’m painting and creating other things like reality tend to seep in, and whatever is…
Variety is the spice of life
Variety is essential in any long term writer’s career. When I started my writing journey at 33 years of age, eleven years ago, I fell in love with writing romantic thrillers. My first story was about a pair of young sisters who escape a dangerous, religious David-Koresh-type cult. The sisters run from a horrific past,…
The Scent of Change #Globalwarming #Inspiration @jacqbiggar
It’s raining! I don’t know about you, but those of us in the northwestern part of Canada are celebrating. Every year it gets hotter and drier and the earth is aging seemingly before our eyes. It was always a dream for DH and I to move to Vancouver Island. We came here on our honeymoon…
Smiles are free!
Or should be. A smile doesn’t have to be earned. Oh yes, some people make you work for them, but really? Why? When a random smile can change someone’s day, why would anyone be stingy? A few days ago, I happened to be sitting in a hospital’s physiotherapy gym, where several people were going…
The best of 2016
With the sun about to set on another year, I asked my fellow authors the same question I’m asking you. What is your favorite memory from 2016? Vicki Batman: A Baltic cruise with Handsome. And my annual fun day when my second book released. Claire Gem: My favorite memory from 2016 is my “rerun”…
Word by Word 