by Sherry | Aug 8, 2017 | Art, Books, Creativity, Married Life, Maud's House, Relationships
If you think you’ve got it bad, get over yourself and go to Maudie, a quiet yet moving film about Canada’s most famous folk artist. Sally Hawkins is incredible as the irrepressible, smart, yet fragile Maud Lewis. Ethan Hawke admirably plays her fish seller...
by Sherry | Feb 5, 2013 | Art, Creativity, Maud's House, Writing
Painter Anna Oneglia created the artwork for the cover of my novel of lost and found creativity, Maud’s House. I remember the first time my young daughter saw it she said, “It looks like Maud’s outside looking outside.” The story is about an...
by Sherry | Feb 5, 2012 | Art, Creativity, Maud's House
This is a story of a woman who drew on the walls and the stove and the breadbox. Her name was Maud. And I fell in love with her spirit. Folk artist Maud Lewis of Nova Scotia was a wee woman with such a great artistic spirit that her entire house has been preserved in...
by Sherry | Jan 23, 2012 | Book Marketing, Book of Mercy, Censorship, Creativity, Maud's House, Publishing Industry
This book tour I am going in my pajamas. I am participating in the Get Loaded Blog Tour de Force sponsored by the Indie Book Collective this week, and I hope to get more mileage while putting on fewer miles. This is the new paradigm in publishing. You see, in my last...
by Sherry | Nov 6, 2011 | Books, Writing
Themes are for parks like Disneyland, not for books. When it comes to writing, I prefer to sculpt my stories around an armature. I came upon this concept in an extraordinary little writing book called Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald. I admit my eyes glaze over when...
