It is with great regret that I announce one more warrior has lost her battle to breast cancer. This lost is more personal to me because it’s my good friend, Antonietta Wallace. She wrote under the pen name AB Wallace and LBF Books has the honor of publishing her book VINTAGE BLOOD AND THE SACRED SCEPTERS. Her book was the second release by LBF Books.I first met Toni through emails when I joined LBF Books over 5 years ago, soon after she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. We corresponded regularly over the years and became friends. She won her battle and was cancer free for many years but just last fall it came back. This time around our little warrior lost her fight.She is also one of the reasons why Lachesis Publishing obtained sponsorship for DEADLY SECRETS from the American Breast Cancer Foundation and why I am donating all my royalties to the fight against breast cancer. I had the privilege to meet her last summer along with a few of our authors when the RWA Nationals was held in Washington DC and she came to sign copies of her book at Midnight Bazaar. 

My condolences and prayers go out to her husband and family.

I have had my Kobo now for over a week, in that time I have read one book on it. I know it’s not much but I do have deadlines and a full job that interferes with my reading schedule.

What do I think of the Kobo now that I have used it a bit? I have to say I still like it a lot. It’s easy enough to use. There were a few times where I didn’t know how to upload ebooks I had purchased from stores other than Kobo Books, but a quick call to the help desk at Kobo fixed that.

What don’t I like about the Kobo? It looks as though I can never turn it off. The screen never goes blank. It took me a good 15-20 minutes the first day I had it to realize that it turned off with wording on the screen. Strange.

How is the battery? I haven’t had a problem yet, but then again I keep recharging it when I turn on my computer at work. So I haven’t run the battery down yet. I will hate the day that happens and I’m totally engrossed in the book and there is no where to computer near me to plug her in. That will be a bad day in deed. LOL

Would I buy it again? Yes. The reason I bought this ereader over Sony, Kindle, iPad and the Nook is that I wasn’t looking for all the bells and whistles the others offered. All I wanted was an affordable (which it is since it’s the cheapest ereader by far) ereader that would just read the book I wanted to read. Kobo fit the bill for me.

Well it looks like I’ll be Orlando bound this summer. The RWA Nationals had to relocate their conference since Nashville has been hit so badly with flooding. The first floor of poor hotel we were to stay in is destroyed and filled with muddy/murky water.

I’m one of the lucky ones because I had planned to drive down to Nashville I don’t have to deal with changing or cancelling for some a flight. My girlfriends and I still plan on driving down in July, we’ll just be one short. We’ll miss you Reece!

If you have any suggestion as to what I and my friends should do in Orlando in late July I’m all ears.

RT was wonderful. This is a convention for romance readers and writers to come together. They also had some wonderful workshops this year for aspiring writers (I have to say I love that term. It’s so much better than unpublished. It shows that you have goals.)

So what did I do? I took part in the Friday Expo signing and had a blast. I met tons of new authors that I plan to purchase their ebooks once I get my hands on a new Kobo. I can’t believe it was released early while I was away and couldn’t get my hands on one. I also attended some wonderful workshops.

Who did I meet? Well it’s more like who didn’t I meet. I met up with my usual friends Hannah Howell, Catherine Anne Collins, J M Griffin. I had a nice little chat with Charlaine Harris in the elevator. We talked briefly about her impressions of the TRUE BLOOD series. She’s truly happy. I also got a chance to meet with JR Ward who happens to be quite funny.

I do regret not meeting up with Sheryl Woods. She’s my favourite, but there was so much to do and not enough time to do it all.

However the event did get a few of us Canadian reader and writers thinking that it would be nice to see Canadian librarians and booksellers be recognized. I’m not sure how we can make it happen, but it would be fun to do so though.

Next year the event will be in Los Angeles, CA. At first I had no intentions of going. Now I’m starting to think that over again. I think if my budget will allow it I would love to attend.

If you attend RT lets hear from you.

If you are in Montreal or to be more specific Pointe Claire today stop by the Chapters there I’ll be signing from 2-4 there today with Deborah Jackson, author of the TIME MEDDLERS series and Anne Hope author of WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE.

We’d love to see you!

Today at 8:05am I officially turn 38 years young. Yup I’m one year closer to being 40. Am I worried? Do I care? Not really. The plan for tonight is to go to my parents have a great dinner and celebrate. Then I’ll come home and watch the last Ugly Betty show. I remember when it first came on. I couldn’t wait to watch a show.  Why? It was fresh and I found myself identifying with Betty, but as the years went on I lost interest. You see I wasn’t a Henry fan. I would have preferred her to be with Gino, he challenged her to be better. So tonight I’ll be watching as Betty says farewell to NY and to TV land.

Another show that I have loved to watch on YouTube this year is Life Unexpected. The reason I have to watch it online is because it’s not shown on Canadian TV. Darn! I found myself liking all the characters in the show. I’ll confess that I’m a Base fan, as much as I like Ryan there is something about Base that makes him perfect for Kate. I just wish they had confessed to each other their true feelings before the end of this season. I’m also hoping the show comes back next year.

Now the only thing that would make this birthday better would be to hear that Being Erica was renewed for another year.

According to People magazine we have another breast cancer warrior, Marina Navratilova. She is a 9 time Wimbledon Champion who retired from her tennis career a few years ago. It was caught early so her prognosis is great.

I wish her all the best with minimal side effects from her up coming six weeks radiation therapy. To read the whole article on People’s click here

Well April is upon us and I have to say I’m happy for it. The snow in Ottawa is gone which can only mean one thing. It’s running time. Yes! I’ve already put my miles on my running shoes outdoors than I have all winter long. Now this also means my trips to the gym (which happens to be a 10 minute walk from my home) will be replaced with running outside.

So have you been victim to an April fools prank? Well quite a few KISS FM listeners this morning have been. It’s funny really.

Here’s hoping you have a great April fool’s day!

Well it’s Friday and the opening ceremonies for the Paralympics are taking place tonight. Will I be able to watch it? Nope. What a disappointment. These athletes have had more obstacles to over come than the regular Olympic ones. Are they treated the same? Apparently not. Are they worthy of better exposure and respect? You bet they are.

Tonight I’ll be searching online to see if I can’t watch the Paralympics opening ceremony live. If you have a link please let me know.

Well its official the EPPIES were given out last weekend and I didn’t win my category, Mystery, Suspense, and/or Adventure Romance. Who did win? Well it was none other than Cast A Pale Shadow by Barbara Scott published by The Wild Rose Press.

Congratulations Barbara!!

To pick up a copy click here