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Seven Years of Good Luck

It turns out May 2020 is a big month for me. Delight, grief, new writing experiments, and now, a chance to look back at my debut novel. On this day in 2013, May 27th, DIE ON YOUR FEET was released into the wild. I published that book with a then-newish, cheerfully optimistic, and somewhat small imprint of a huge multinational …

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Just finished this lovely novel by my dear friend, Just finished this lovely novel by my dear friend, the talented @deryncollier, an invitation to slow down and savour an immersive story set in wintry Montreal, 1947.

Preorders are live. Release date is July 11.

#womensfiction #canlit #deryncollier #junegrant #basedonarealperson #arealsomebody #lakeunionpublishing
I love reading in the tub, don't you? Happy rele I love reading in the tub, don't you? 

Happy release day to THE REVENGE LIST by @hannahmarymckinnon!!! 🔥 

“They say life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die. But all she could see was regret.
 
The people in Frankie Morgan’s life say she’s angry. Emotionally stunted. Combative. But really, who can blame her? It’s hard being nice when your clients are insufferable, your next-door neighbor is a miserable woman and the cowardly driver who killed your mother is still out living it up somewhere.
Somehow, though, she finds herself at her very first anger-management group session—drinking terrible coffee and learning all about how ‘forgiveness is a process.’
 
One that starts with a list.
 
Frankie is skeptical. A list of everyone who’s wronged her in some way over the years? More paper, please. Still, she makes the pointless list—with her own name in a prominent spot—and promptly forgets about it…until it goes missing. And one by one, the people she’s named start getting hurt in freak accidents, each deadlier than the last.
 
Could it be coincidence giving her the revenge she never dared to seek…or something more sinister?
 
If Frankie doesn’t find out who’s behind it all, she might be next.”
 
Who’s on the list, and why? Go to @hannahmarymckinnon’s bio to get your copy of The Revenge List and find out.
 
@bookclubbish @htpbooks #AuthorsOfInstagram #Bookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #Thriller #PsychologicalSuspense #HannahMaryMcKinnon #TheRevengeList #CanLit #ReadTheNorth #Bestseller #AmReading
…and into the light! #familydnd Technically, it …and into the light! #familydnd

Technically, it’s _out of_ #outoftheabyss… but you know what I mean. 😁

We started this campaign on May 20, 2019. With two back-to-back marathon sessions, we completed at 1:37am MDT on May 21, 2023. Four years + a day. That’s a quarter of my youngest child’s life! 😅

DnD is collaborative storytelling and improv. Most of this campaign was homebrew—because our DM, my incredibly talented & skilled husband who has decades’ worth of reffing experience—wasn’t satisfied with the official module. And our kids are so imaginative and funny. We wrapped up in the best, most perfect way, for each of our characters and somehow incorporated so many callbacks on the fly. Probably because we’ve been with this story for so long. 

We have another family campaign going, but this one will always remain close to our hearts. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
#familydnd The penultimate session! #outoftheabys #familydnd The penultimate session! 
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#bookmail! #arealsomebody #deryncollier #bookmail! 

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So proud to be a part of this. All writers welcome So proud to be a part of this. All writers welcome! 

Posted @withregram • @sincnational The Better Your Worlds, Better Your Writing Course (BYWBYW) was created for writers at all stages of their writing journey. The course includes lessons on:
Creating Compelling Characters
Building a Complex Setting
Understanding the Culture of Your World
Deciding Who Tells the Story and How
Doing Research That Adds Truth
Setting Up a World That Supports a Series
Self-Care for the Writer

Lessons presented by @jhbogran, @jenjchow, @jahenn, Caitlin Highland, @myra_jolivet, @deliapitts50, @sgwong8.

This course will be hosted on a learning platform that allows you to watch videos and do exercises at your own pace. You'll have lifetime access to the course, and to any additions and updates.

This course will be priced at $399 for non-SinC members, and $129 for SinC members.

HOWEVER, HERE'S THE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
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Sign up at the Better Your Worlds, Better Your Writing Course link in our bio and we’ll enroll you in the course.

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Treating myself on this Mother’s Day with a rere Treating myself on this Mother’s Day with a reread of an all-time fave + a pretty dress. 

My relationship to this day is complicated. I hope whatever it means to you, you remember that you are loved, you are not responsible for another person’s happiness, and you deserve to treat yourself with kindness. 🩷
Thanks for the cat ears & a great time, @scriptori Thanks for the cat ears & a great time, @scriptoriumgirl!!! Happy 50th! 🥳✨ 
A lovely way to do my first in-person party in 3 1/2 years! Bonus thanks for the chance to finally hug Erika in person 🩷

#sparkleparty
I always thought I was a Water Sign* because I LOV I always thought I was a Water Sign* because I LOVE all things water-related: baths, showers, oceans, rivers, babbling brooks…

The cabin I recently stayed at backed right onto the Elbow River and we basically kept the deck door open so we could hear the exact sound in this video as long as we were awake. It was such a balm. 

* I am in fact an Earth Sign 🤷🏻‍♀️
#latergrams from my recent getaway to Southern Alb #latergrams from my recent getaway to Southern Alberta 🚗

1. my husband was struck by the colour of my hair in a shaft of sunlight so he snapped a pic while I was reading #nofilter (Please ignore ALL the flyaway hairs ohmigod)

2. as soon as we dropped off our bags at the cabin, we zipped back out to the local grocery store & bought fixings for our first meal there, dinner: grilled pork chops + grilled salad. It was so good and I was so hungry, I didn’t think to snap a pic til I was done.

3. the coffee maker was a funny little sort that I’d never encountered before. I liked how the water got drawn upward and then over to an adjacent reservoir to percolate.

4-6. stairs down to the shore of the Elbow River in all its early May glory. I’ll share a short video separately of its soothing sounds.

7. one of my reading companions. I ADORE the #LadySherlock series.

8. breakfast just tastes different on vacation, doesn’t it?

9. I wanted at least one good rainy day so I could snuggle beneath a cozy throw and read. This was a little bit before Mother Nature granted my wish and threw in a bit of thunder for good measure.

10. midnight snack. We were watching Persuasion on Netflix. I thought it was delightful. Don’t @ me 😁
Guess I should take more breaks from social media. Guess I should take more breaks from social media..? What amazing news to come back to! 

Im thrilled to be in such great company with @kellyjfordauthor @jesslourey @gabrielvaljan & James L’Etoile. Congrats to all the finalists in all categories and thank-yous all around to the Bouchercon organizers! 🌟

I just booked my flights last month to attend #Bouchercon2023 in San Diego and had zero expectations for the Anthony Awards because frankly, my book has a 🇨🇦 publisher & very little US exposure/press. This is incredible to me on multiple levels!

Because we have family in the area, my husband is already going to San Diego with me. But now, he can be my plus-one for the awards 🥰

#anthonyawards #inthedarkweforget #harpercollinsca #harper360 #bouchercon #crimewritersofcolor #canadianauthor #authorsofinstagram #crimefiction
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I belong to a couple of 🇨🇦 writers unions b I  belong to a couple of 🇨🇦 writers unions bc I believe writers need to be in strong solidarity to fight for our rights and to fight against the constant devaluing of our work & our art. I stand with the #WGA.
✨ Celebrating 25 years this month ✨ We have ve ✨ Celebrating 25 years this month ✨
We have very few photos from the wedding and don’t even ask about the video because frankly, the ceremony itself was a bit of a gong show on soooo many levels. 😂

It’s true what they say: A wedding is just one day but a marriage is forever. We put in the work and the love and the laughs, we create the joy. Im blessed to have married the perfect man for me. 💖

(Yes, that’s our wedding song playing 💕 We were each other’s rebound. We weren’t supposed to get serious ❤️‍🔥)
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