Exciting news. I received an email from one of the editors of CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: CHRISTMAS IN CANADA, and, the book with my story "Tang's Christmas Miracle," has hit #3 on the Globe and Mail's bestsellers list! The official book launch is November 4th in Toronto and I am making the trip to do the group book signing. We will all be dressed in our Canadian colours, red and white. The signed books will be for sale to all our guests afterward. Publishers, Amy Newmark and D'ette Corona are flying up from the US for the event.

More exciting news. My Ming Dynasty Epic Fantasy, THE PIRATE EMPRESS is published! It is a 800 page novel, that took six years for me to research and write, and I am giving away 5 copies on Goodreads. The Pirate Empress If you'd like a chance to win a copy. Don't forget to enter the contest!