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A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to a Writing Career

The year I started querying agents with my first novel, I also started a volunteer “career” as a board member: president of the board for the neighbourhood preschool where my youngest was starting. So, really, it had absolutely nothing to do with a career as an author. Except that having my child in preschool gave me a small number of …

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My companion on this snowy #yeg day. I just wrote My companion on this snowy #yeg day. I just wrote 45k words in 2 wks, friends, and am taking at least a day off 😅
#amwriting #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #amtired 
#naominovik #goldenenclaves
Sorry! Cheating again with the cross-post. #linkin Sorry! Cheating again with the cross-post. #linkinbio DYK the first book in the #lolastarke series was a Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Finalist for Best First Novel? Yup! It was my debut in 2013.
Thank you, Linzie @suspenseisthrillingme! 💜 Po Thank you, Linzie @suspenseisthrillingme! 💜

Posted @withregram • @suspenseisthrillingme 📚 Book Review: In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

🎢 Wow! What a startling exploration of sibling relationships and familial experience. In the Dark We Forget is an intense read that delves into how siblings experience the relationships within a family and the impact those differences can have on now-adult children. On top of these deep and profound themes, this smart, clever thriller is one heck of a rollercoaster ride as we join Cleo on her road to remember.

🫥 From the first page, I was drawn into the delicate personality of Cleo Li. With startlingly evocative descriptions that made me feel the abject terror that Cleo’s lack of memories causes, her character became one I connected with despite minimal backstory. Because, just as she is completely in the dark concerning who and what she is, so are we. This is described authentically, giving a true sense of the fear that pervades the not-knowing. And when she ultimately remembers, I was shocked right along with her. 

🌪️ While light on action, there certainly was no lack of suspense. Partially due to Cleo’s mysterious lack of memories, the suspense builds and builds as she begins to remember until the two truly gigantic twists (which come right at the end of the book) explode the story into something completely unanticipated. Should we trust Cleo’s resurfacing memories or is she the unreliable narrator she appears to be at first blush? I leave you to find that out within the pages of this addictive story. 

🎬 The only aspect I didn’t love was the rather vague conclusion (I’m one of those readers that prefers a completely wrapped up ending). But it definitely made me think and left me reworking the entire storyline after eagerly flipping the last page. I do have to say that, due in part to the fact that too many details will spoil the plot, I found this review incredibly difficult to write. Point blank, if you enjoy a story that makes you stay up way too late and flip pages faster and faster, pick up In the Dark We Forget ASAP. Rating of 4.5 stars.
Who's in the mood for some alt-history feminist ha Who's in the mood for some alt-history feminist hard-boiled PI novels with ghosts and magic? 

#linkinbio

Decided I should probably let people know that my #lolastarke series is sale priced til Lunar New Year! 🐇

This photo is from 2018 if you can believe it, one of the last times I ever did an in-store signing for these books. #backlist #indieauthor
First spicy noodle soup pic of the year! #leftover First spicy noodle soup pic of the year! #leftoversforlunch #ilovenoodles
Do you know, I’ve been reading novels by the ✨ Do you know, I’ve been reading novels by the ✨incredible✨ @victoriahelenstone (in her previous super successful author life) since before my first book got published. Which means being included in this favourites post has me over the moon 😍😍😍
Thank you sooo much, Victoria! 
💜💜💜

Posted @withregram • @victoriahelenstone Another installment of my 2022 reads! And yes, there are more menopausal murder feels. If you haven't read THE CHANGE by @kirstenmillerbooks, treat yourself. ALL of these books are favorites, because I only finish books I love! Thanks to @saraiwalkerauthor, @greggolsen, Emma Stonex, @mrjamesnestor, @dianagauthor, and OF COURSE all the love to @sgwong8, @tashalharrison, and @drrramina !!! #amreading #favoritebooks
I’ve been on semi-hiatus from socials and this i I’ve been on semi-hiatus from socials and this is a lovely way to ease back into it all. Thanks so much, Linzie! 🖤

Posted @withregram • @suspenseisthrillingme ❄️ December Reads ❄️

❤️‍🔥 As we wrap 2022 up, I reached (and surpassed) my reading challenge of 165 books while enjoying quite a few really good ones this month!

📝 Here they are (in no particular order):

🙈 What Can’t Be Seen by Brianna Labuskes
(Dr. Gretchen White series)
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⛵️ The Blue by Lucy Clarke
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🎓 The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett
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🗡️ The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
(Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series)
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🇦🇺 Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood
(Phryne Fisher series)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🚔 The Wrong Woman by Leanne Kale Sparks
⭐️ (DNF)

🏃‍♂️ Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh
(Morgan Dane series)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

💻 The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle
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⛷️ Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

🕰️ Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

⛈️ The Body Falls by Andrea Carter
(Inishowen Mystery series)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

🪟 The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 I Know Where You Live by Gregg Olsen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🚏On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🐺 The Final Hunt by Audrey J. Cole
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

💬 In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

‼️ It may look like I’m an easy grader, but I promise this was just a reeeaaally good month! Ok, maybe I’m a little bit of an easy grader 😬

🤞 Hope you find some new favorites of your own from this list!

🎉 Happy (belated) New Year all!

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No filter. Just ✨vibes✨ #bookstack No filter. Just ✨vibes✨

#bookstack
Happy Holidays, Lovelies! Happy Holidays, Lovelies!
Happy Winter #Solstice, lovelies a time to be sti Happy Winter #Solstice, lovelies 
a time to be still,
quiet, 
to reflect on our past year. 
May that reflection remind us all 
of our many joys, 
big & small, shared & solitary
Joys rooted in free exploration
& glorious expression of 
our 
beautiful 
authentic 
selves
🖤
Good morning! Good morning!
So lovely to make it into the year-end Books colum So lovely to make it into the year-end Books column in my local paper @edmontonjournal! And in some really talented company 🤩 Thanks, Justin Bell!
Thank you SO MUCH ✨ @pjvernonbooks ✨ for incl Thank you SO MUCH ✨ @pjvernonbooks ✨  for including my wee dark beauty as one of your featured reads as a @calgarylibrary Influencer! 💗 Chuffed to be in such amazing company 😱

🖤🖤🖤
#inthedarkweforget #harpercollinsca #sandrasgwong #canadianauthors #ilovepubliclibraries #crimewritersofcolor
😅 When you’re making the best of it. The eboo 😅 When you’re making the best of it. The ebook is still sale priced on Kobo and for Kindle (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦). I honestly don’t know for how long; hoping to hear on that 🤞

In the meantime, I hope ebook lovers can take advantage of this deal 🖤
Sorry for being annoying! This is so much fun for Sorry for being annoying! This is so much fun for me 😊
Well this is fun! 😊 And if you haven't already Well this is fun! 😊 And if you haven't already left a review on Amazon, I hope you'll consider boosting those review numbers for my wee dark beauty 🖤
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