by Laurie Ness Gordon | Dec 22, 2014 | The Medal, Writing
Sgt James Locke got quite a surprise this morning when he walked into the conference room of his Ontario Provincial Police detachment. Not only were his colleagues there, but his wife and daughters had also come to see him feted. The surprise gathering was organized...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Nov 23, 2014 | The Medal, Writing
Yesterday’s Book Launch of my debut novel, The Medal, was fabulous! We expected 40-50 people. Seventy showed up. I was thrilled that so many came to help me celebrate. Thank you all. After half an hour of chatting and enjoying the refreshments, I spoke about my...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 31, 2014 | The Medal, Writing
I was sitting on the sun porch talking on the phone to my sister when there was a knock at the door. A Purolator man informed me he had twelve boxes for me. I must have looked surprised. “Didn’t you know about it?” he asked. Then I started to grin....
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 20, 2014 | Writing
Remember the Mitchell gravestone? The one where the parents tried to obliterate the name of their late daughter’s husband? Well, there’s more to the story. Apparently Joseph Vankoughnett didn’t take kindly to being wiped out of the family history....
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 9, 2014 | Writing
There’s an old church and cemetery around the corner up the road. On our way back from our walk a few days ago, John and I wandered around the gravestones – some dating back to the mid 1800’s – some as recent as a three weeks ago. I found the...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 4, 2014 | The Medal, Writing
The proofs have arrived! It’s pretty exciting to see what The Medal will look like in book form. I’ve spent the last couple of days going over each page to check for errors or changes. My husband saw me moving my pencil from word to word and asked why I...
