Mel’s Blog
Join me as we go back in time to the beginning of May... Exactly two months ago, where I embarked on a journey to the Island to celebrate MAUD at [...]
Updated: Thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway. The winner was Rendz from Reading With Rendz! I loved hearing all of your stories. It shows how important one book [...]
I'm not always good at celebrating success. Probably because I get overachievy and can be quite hard on myself. Always looking to the next step on my path to said [...]
On Tuesday April 25, 2017 MAUD was officially launched in Canada and the United States. I celebrated by getting up bright and early and being on TV for the first [...]
Seventy-five years ago today, on the 24 of April 1942, Maud died in her home, "Journey's End," on Riverside Drive in Toronto's west end or Swansea Village. While the home is currently a [...]
One of the best parts about writing historical fiction is doing the research. I love discovering things that maybe people haven't, or see something in a new way. This [...]
ONE WEEK! Only one more week until MAUD's Book Birthday! On April 25th this book that has been over four and a half years in the making will be out [...]
It is hard to imagine but in MAUD's Book Birthday is in 14 DAYS! The reviews have started from Publisher's Weekly, The Quill and Quire and Atlantic Book Today, as [...]
Thanks to the amazing Debbie Gonzales, MAUD has an Educator's Guide, geared to Grades 6 and up. The guide is featured on the left had side of the website under the Newsletter [...]
It's happening! An actual launch for a book that I actually wrote. If you're in the Toronto area (or thinking of a road trip), please come! You can RSVP at [...]
Happy Spring! A time for new beginnings. And my life right now is certainly about embracing the new. New House –Moving in May New Book! – Maud is releasing on April 25th! [...]
My very well-loved, well-read copies of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have known Laura Ingalls Wilder since I was seven years old when my [...]
