“Earlier this month, I was in London, Ontario for an on-stage interview organized by the London Writers Society. It was held at Wolf Performance Hall, right downtown.

It was a lovely evening. There’s something about being in the room with other writers that feels a little different. The event was organized by a team of volunteers led by society President, Ron Couglar, and I was interviewed by the wonderful writer, Elaine Couglar who just happens to be married to Ron. She had thoughtful and insightful questions that I tried to answer with matching thought and insight, though I likely fell short. The audience questions were interesting, too. The good folks from the University of Western Ontario’s bookstore were on hand to sell my backlist, so I signed books afterwards for quite some time. It was a long drive home afterwards, but I still had a bit of a buzz from the event and made it home safely and awake.

I seem to be doing more and more live, in-person events these days, and that’s great news. We’re all still being careful but it sure is nice to get out again to commune with readers and writers. I’ve missed that part of the writing life. But it’s coming back—case in point—read on.”