by Jocelyn | Nov 6, 2012 | News & Events, Reading & Writing, Things I Like...
Not everything I write is as dark as my YA novel, How to Tend a Grave. Sometimes I produce amusing poetry for kids. And that can lead to other exciting things, like inventing a new sport. Here’s how it happened. I got my start in poetry at an early age, when I...
by Jocelyn | Oct 31, 2012 | Reading & Writing, Things I Like...
It’s the time of year to visit a cemetery if you want a good scare. Cemeteries are haunted with all kinds of spooky stuff like ghosts, zombies, demons and vampires. But otherwise, stay away from the land of the dead, right? Wrong. Cemeteries are actually full of...
by Jocelyn | Jul 1, 2012 | Things I Like...
O, Canada! I am so grateful for this country and feel incredibly lucky to live here. And in celebration of Canada Day, I’d like to show you some of my favourite places on Vancouver Island, BC, where I spend half the year. Little Qualicum River Falls is always scenic,...
by Jocelyn | Jun 17, 2012 | Things I Like...
My father is a yellow butterfly. No, really. As out there as it seems, I totally believe that my late father appears every summer as an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Why would I admit this? Probably something to do with missing him on Father’s Day. But how do I know it’s...
by Jocelyn | Mar 27, 2012 | News & Events, Things I Like...
Presenting the fabulous cover of my new YA novel, How to Tend a Grave, coming soon from Great Plains Teen Fiction! I absolutely love this cover! I wasn’t sure what the design team would come up with, since the story features both a guy and a girl, but I think...
by Jocelyn | Nov 11, 2011 | Things I Like...
I’m so proud that my parents and father-in-law served in the Canadian Armed Forces during WWII. Here’s my thank you and tribute to them in honour of Remembrance Day 2011. When my father enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in July, 1942, my...
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