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Apr.09.2013 A Book and a Chat with Cheryl Kaye Tardif My guest on today’s show has come a long way since starting work as a cub reporter at the age of 14 making money writing for a local paper. Cheryl Kaye Tardif, has now been described as a “gem in the literary world” and become an international bestselling author. She is best known for her...	Feb.22.2013 Belle or Holly?: The Old Order Changeth, Yielding Place to New “Abandoning” a series is a harsh word. It sounds like an author tucked the books into a heated drop at a foundling hospital, or a love affair petered out. Maybe sales fell into the abyss. ...
Dec.11.2012 Bloody Victoria: The Woman Who Did On the Queen’s birthday celebration in May 1896, an overloaded trolley car collapsed a bridge, killing over fifty people in British Columbia’s capital. Victoria has a rich history beginning with the HBC, the Royal Navy, and a few gold...	Nov.11.2012 A Book and a Chat with Rosemary McCracken Rosemary McCracken is today’s guest on “A Book and a Chat” she is the author of the thriller novel “Safe Harbor” or is it “Safe Harbour” (You’ll have to listen to the show to understand that comment). Rosemary is now a freelance journalist who specializes in personal finance and the financial...
Mar.07.2012 Losing Fifteen Years Overnight Without Botox Losing Fifteen Years Overnight Without Botox In 1993 when I started writing my first crime-fiction series with Northern Winters are Murder, I picked a protagonist nearly identical to myself, a common mistake. Belle...	Nov.27.2011 Georgia's Been Murdered; Go to the Store for Bacon Morgen Bailey, the talented and intrepid Brit interviewer, asked me what happened on my tenth birthday morning. How did she know? Lou: Perhaps it started on my tenth birthday in Cleveland in 1955. “Wake up, Louise. Georgia has been murdered. I want you to go to the store for bacon.” Morgen:...
Nov.04.2011 Confessions of a Second-Rate Author Confessions of a Second-Rate Author I’m second rate, maybe even third. Feels good to admit it, like coming out of the closet. After ten books in eleven years, I’m still not making much money and probably never will. Do I have an excuse?...	Mar.16.2011 save lives now Does this make sense to you? "Most Senators would rather not have to actually vote against the bill, because they know how popular it is with Canadians of all political views. So, if we can raise a national outcry to demand a vote, we're likely to win. Liberal Senators have already pledged...
Dec.09.2009 Canadian Winter October apples burst from ancient trees and fall among the rich September corn - the end of summer's world. Silent canoes glide peaceably on beast-watched lakes. Steam rises. Loons in their last refrain point south. Leaves, yellow and unwilling, detach from ruined choirs - brown and...	Sep.27.2008 Reader's Digest Profiles Hero Soul Online Reader’s Digest recently profiled my book, Psychology of the Hero Soul (http://www.herosoul.com), in an article exploring the unique qualities of heroes and how to develop these attributes in ourselves to inspire greater success. The article is titled, “Is That a Hero in the Mirror?” Here’s the...