Author: Riana Everly
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Mary, Alexander, and a New Anthology
This is a busy, busy month for me, with travels, big changes, and lots and lots of book news. In a few days I’m heading off to the UK for the rest of September. I’ll be visiting old friends and meeting some of my wonderful co-authors, who until now have just been lovely people chatting…
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Tea with Austen – A New Anthology
As we approach the middle of August, my calendar is starting to look quite busy. There is so much going on over the next several weeks, I think I’ll need three of me to keep up. For my family, the biggest news is my “baby,” heading off to Wales for university. She has been looking…
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Another Wickham? When Fact Might Follow Fiction
As I’ve written before, I’ve spent a fair bit of time of late going through my mother-in-law’s apartment, clearing and organising and sorting through endless boxes as we’ve moved her into a seniors’ residence. The move is over, but the chaos is not. Some things she kept, others we gave away, some we tossed, and…
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New Sensibilities—Musings, History, and a Short Story
Once again, my time has been taken up in organising, packing, and clearing out my mother-in-law’s apartment after her move to a seniors’ residence. The task, while coming to a necessary end (her lease expires at the end of June) is all-consuming, leaving precious little time for writing or editing. It does, however, leave plenty…
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A Springtime Distraction: Austen in Haiku
This has been a challenging spring. My personal life has become consumed with eldercare issues as we find ourselves managing some difficult issues with aging relatives. Without divulging too much, a lot of my time has gone towards these issues, and my writing has suffered accordingly. We have also been doing work on the outside…
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Whither shall we Wander
It’s the middle of April, and it looks like spring is finally upon us. The early flowers are poking their heads above the earth, trees are starting to bud, and while there’s still the possibility of snow should the temperatures drop a bit, any such insult would be fleeting. And, of course, in the spring,…
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What’s on the Program?
As I look ahead in my calendar, I’m delighted to see how full it is with concerts, plays, and performances of all descriptions. We have tickets to a couple of symphony concerts, a performance of Verdi’s Requiem, an opera, and in a couple of weeks, a world premiere of a dance version of Hamlet, staged…
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Jane Austen and the Anti-Hero
Last week was ridiculously busy for all sorts of reasons. First, it was Valentine’s Day, the focus of the fund-raising anthology five other fabulous JAFF authors and I put together for the benefit of the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, UK. We were overwhelmed by the amazing response this collection of stories received and…
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Writing and Experiencing Place
I’m writing this as I sit in a hotel room in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m here for a writing workshop, something I’ve never done before. The topics of discussion are amazing and I’m looking forward to developing my craft as well as meeting people at all stages of their writing careers. This isn’t my first…
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Hallelujah!
Happy Holidays! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas. There are so many traditions associated with this time of year, and I’d love to hear some of yours. One tradition is the performance of G.F. Handel’s fabulous oratorio, Messiah. We had the pleasure of hearing a brilliant rendition last week here in Toronto.…