“We are very pleased to inform you our editors wish to move forward with the publication of your manuscript. Our contract is attached for your review.” 

This is the news that makes me happy right now. My second novel, KENNEDY GIRL, has been selected by a US publisher for launch in fall of 2022.

We Got One! celebrates moments that, whatever else happens in life afterwards, we have, as artists, in those moments, all the meaning we will ever need.  It marks the Cinderella achievement of having been chosen, of having hit the bulls-eye on the dartboard of current social and artistic reality. We can now stand on the world stage and beam our happiness that we matter.

This podcast begins my exploration of my life in a family of artists. The ups and downs of creating ourselves over and over again, with each new project we invent. My partner is a public artist who has tried his imagination and his hand at a variety of forms: sculpture, illustration, drawing, portraiture, traditional oil and acrylic painting, public art, editorial cartoons, even art that is captured in ice, an art form he invented, Paintings Below Zero. He is also a filmmaker. I am a playwright, performer and author as well as a creator of this podcast SOME KINDA WOMAN, Stories of Us. Our son is a graphic designer who teaches design and has performed onstage with Vancouver Theatre Sports. Much of my work in this family has involved the promotion of all our artwork. Gord and I are a partnership; we have our hands in each other’s pockets, supporting the other with our various complimentary skills.

“But this moment is like all of life’s moments. There’s never a guarantee. It’s simply now. In a few seconds we’re going to have to skate like the dickens and score another win.”