Maureen Bush

Writing Again

I’ve been away from writing for too long. Oh, I’ve been writing and thinking and reading. But not writing for hours at a time. A daughter in town, friends from Scotland, school visits, a book launch, and ongoing renovations have fragmented my time into moments and bits of work.

(The launch went well, despite a spring snow storm. The tattoos didn’t arrive in time, but there were spiders for a scavenger hunt, and prizes.)

Today I’m settling back into writing, in the hours before and after the counter installation and plumbing disaster. And I feel good. It’s such a pleasure to write, to settle into a story for a little while and play.

I’ve been thinking about what writers do to play, and I think this is it – we write. We might do other things too, but the joy comes in writing.

Maureen

A Fun Week

Tuesday morning I drove through the rain to Cochrane, for a couple of sessions with the grade 4 English students at Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School. Half a class was stolen by a giant gopher, and while most were rescued, a few kids chose to remain as gophers, exploring a new land filled with strange creatures. Then we discovered a class infiltrated by alien androids, who were defeated by the rest of the class with the help of a superhero librarian with a book of spells.

Now I get to wrap up the contest and spend a couple of days hanging out with friends from Scotland, and then on Saturday I launch The Veil Weavers. I’ve been promised a spider scavenger hunt and tattoos. Being a kids writer is so much fun!

Maureen

Launching The Veil Weavers

It’s time to launch The Veil Weavers, third in the Veil of Magic trilogy.

If you’re in Calgary, please come:

Saturday, May 5, at 2:00 pm

Monkeyshines Children’s Books

113, 2215 – 33rd Ave. S.W., Calgary

Amber from Coteau has planned a Spider scavenger hunt, but don’t ask me anything about it, because I don’t know! I love a surprise.

I hope to see you there,

Maureen

Cursed! Launch

Cursed! is launched into the world, at a lovely launch attended by many of my favorite people. They energized me through a terrible cold.

The spirit man stood by my side, keeping everyone in line. And I sent them home with buttons to keep on spooking them. Just in time for Halloween.

Maureen

They’re Here!

Crow Boy has arrived. I received a very heavy box today, holding my free copies of Crow Boy, all the extras for my family, and the stack I need to sign and send back. But I’m not unpacking it yet. I want to trip over the box a few times and remember, “Oh, yeah. They’re here!”

The book launch is on Saturday, April 24 at 1:00, at Monkeyshines Children’s Books, in Calgary.

Maureen