Writing...Just because!

Lynda Faye Schmidt's The Holding - a Prequel to The Healing , launched on April 23rd as a #1 New Release on Amazon and rave reviews that keep coming! Below is the line-up of some of the bloggers and reviewers who have joined in on the virtual book tour. Feel free to visit their blogs and take a look-see and we'll update the links as the tour progresses. If you're a reviewer and would like to join the tour, email me (anne@ocpublishing.ca) and I'd be happy to send you an ARC! February 21 - Fit for Joy - a preview, Discovering, Re-discovering & Re-defining the Meaning of Healing & Love March - Fit for Joy - listed as a "Must Read Healing Book"  March 21 - The Lily Cafe - author guest blog - Family is the Foundation of Resilience April 20 - Words from the Heart - book review - "A story woven with hope and healing" April 22 - Laura's Books & Blogs - author guest blog - Rock of Resilience and Scars that Fortify April 23 - The Author Jou...

 I'm thrilled to announce that the next book coming out from OC Publishing is a 'lyrical and sultry' memoir by Annapolis Valley-based author, Ailsa Keppie . By the Light of the Crescent Moon will launch on August 26 (Women's Equity Day). In her memoir, Keppie shares her story of falling in love with a fellow circus performer, converting to Islam, moving to the Middle East, and taking on the role of a pious wife. By the Light of the Crescent Moon is Keppies eighteen-year odyssey that begins when she dons a burka for the first time and truly commits to embracing her husband's culture; from moving to his home country of Morocco, to learning his language. "Ailsa' book is a page-turner. The story of a young woman's growth into adulthood, from her Nova Scotia childhood through a period of self-searching that led her to convert to Islam and learn both safety and invisibility behind the hijab, to welcome four daughters and even a second wife into the marrian...