Although Moonshadow is fiction, a "heartbreaking, compelling story of buried secrets and regrets" (Amazon Reviewer), it is based on shocking realities about Canada's Indian residential schools. As it brought me to tears, the truth changed me, and through change there is hope. Look inside: The storm, which was over now, had done little to dissipate the heat but had kept me awake for hours, with rain pounding the roof and lightning chasing shadows in my room, while thunder had

After two long years of working on The Keepers, I am about to see it published. While researching, writing, editing, and proofreading this novel, I've pushed almost everything else in the world aside. Of course, fear of Covid has also kept me chained to the desk. I am now at a crossroads. I've got the chance to take the traditional-publishing route, but I wonder if I should turn towards self-publishing instead. I've tried both. With my young adult novels, I took the tradition