by Pam | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
When my sister Cynthia and I co-authored Jump-Starting Boys — our book on helping boys ages 7-17 read, write and achieve — we obviously hoped it would touch readers (parents, educators and mentors) positively. We especially hoped so given that the project,...
by Pam | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Well, okay, it was the week before the week before Christmas. But honestly, it was a dark and stormy night. As in, hurricane force winds. I was holed up in my cabin on a small island trying to finish my novel. Rain and wind whipped around me, making me wonder when a...
by Pam | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Calling young Canadian writers and poets!Announcing the Book Week 2015 WRITING CONTEST for Kids & TeensDo you love to write? Young writers from across Canada are invited to submit their stories and/or poems to the *Book Week 2015 Writing Contest for Kids &...
by Pam | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
In twenty-five years of whitewater kayaking, I’ve seen and paddled many rivers, and enjoyed many films of whitewater kayaking. But this series takes my breath away. It’s what I can only call “beautiful...
by Pam | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
The only thing more fun than the season’s first snow, is having a kitten who has never seen it before. First she ventured out and stopped dead in her tracks. Then she gingerly ventured onward to stick her face in a plant pot that normally has water. She emerged with a...
by Pam | Nov 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
[The eighth in my stories-behind-writing-the-books, which I offer intermittently here on my blog.] Since the Take It to the Xtreme series got launched, 15-year-old best friends Jake and Peter have survived whitewater rapids, an avalanche, a forest fire, movie...
