Hello, TSR Subscriber! It’s mid-January (well almost!) and so far, here in Miramichi truly little snow to speak of. How is it where you are?
Considering the recent wildfires, this week’s featured review is Uncontrolled Flight by Frances Peck, a novel centered around wildfire season in the British Columbia Interior. Ian Colford is the reviewer.
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TSR Co-Administrator Heather McBriarty: Why I wrote The Island of the Golden Orbs


“I’m a grandmother of two little boys, with a sailboat (with pirate flags) that those boys love to come out on, and I write books. What could be more natural than writing a book for grandsons about all the things we love? The Island of the Golden Orbs began life 4 years ago, as a much simpler story - about grandparents who were secretly pirates - a picture book for very young children. Without an illustrator, it didn’t get far. It stewed on the backburner until the little boys got bigger and the eldest started reading chapter books on his own. It was too late, I thought.
At the beginning of November (NaNoWriMo), it occurred to me that if I buckled down, I could write a chapter book and have it ready for Christmas for my grandsons. Throw in a timeslip, a “fair maiden in need of rescue” who really doesn’t need rescuing, a treasure that is so much more than mere gold, and a spider family for the youngest who adores them, then I had a story! While my grandsons have very special copies, in which they play the lead roles, the public version has a sister and brother, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Its available on Amazon and launching soon at the new bookstore/coffee shop in Saint John, The Write Cup!”
TSR Contributor Spotlight:
Laura Patterson is a Registered Acupuncturist and a Food Inspector from rural New Brunswick where she lives with her husband and twin boys. When she's not busy with life's craziness, you'll find her with a warm drink in hand and her nose in a book. Her Substack site, The Fairweather Review, can be found here.