Where I am right now

So far my novel "Stalked" has been edited up to about chapter 10 by the wonderful Karin Simpson who is the Head of the English Department at Sutton High School. I'm waiting anxiously for her grade eleven's to critique my first five chapters!

I had a bit of a set back last week when my MacBook decided to crash and I lost a week's worth of writing. BOO. But that's what you get for not backing up everyday! I thought every couple of days would be okay to back up my work to our home server but apparently that's not good enough. Now on the advice of my husband I am working in Google Dropbox. It saves all my work online so if my computer ever crashes it's all there.

When my manuscript is all edited and pretty looking I can't wait to start the submission process again. It's not for the faint of heart I'll tell ya. Long wait times and rejection letters are bound to come. I'm ready. Bring it.

I've been chosen!

I've been asked to attend and speak at the York Region Writer's Guild workshop in May. I'll be talking to teenagers who love to write about my experiences so far with writing/editing/submitting/agents/publishers. I'm not an expert by any means but I can tell them what I've been through and we'll go from there! Also it never hurts to try and build a fan base for my young adult novel "Stalked."

They picked me!

The grade eleven students at Sutton District High School picked my book "Stalked" over "Brave New World" as their book of choice!

I've had my first few chapters edited by the wonder Karin and can't wait to start hearing some comments from the students.

I'm so excited!

I just contacted a neighbour of mine that happens to be the head of an English Department at the Sutton District High School and she's going to help me edit my manuscript of "Stalked."

She asked if she could use it as a teaching tool for her students and that they would love to be involved in the process and at the end would I come and talk with them!

I am so psyched at this HUGE opportunity. I'm sending her the manuscript and we'll see how it goes! I'll keep you posted!

Muddy day at the dog park

Today I took all three dogs to the park to run off some steam (I'm dog sitting my parents dog Sage who's a beautiful Golden Retriever).

While there, little Ms. Hershey found a dead mouse and decided to roll in it! What is with that? It didn't stop us from having fun though. If nobody else is there I play Frisbee with her while Max (Pug) sniffs and pees on everything. She actually caught the Frisbee a couple of times! And boy, watching her run after it at warp speed is very entertaining!

So the dogs are all freshly bathed and are now sleeping soundly.

Poor Bunny

Well today at the dog park Max discovered a bunny carcass and decided it'd be a good thing to chew on! Eww, I'm so glad another gentleman took it, bagged it and chucked it in the garbage. It raises some questions though. Why was the bunny in there? What killed it? and if a dog killed it should that dog be in the park?

Max also got peed on today by another dog. Let's just say he had a good bath when he got home and extra treats to get the raw bunny smell off his breath!

Dogs people pick

At the dog park the other day we met Molly, a Cairn Terrier, now if you don't know what a Cairn Terrier looks like think Dorothy's dog Toto in the Wizard of Oz. I loved that Molly's owner was a tough looking biker dude that absolutely loved his little doggie. It's interesting to see the types of dogs people pick.