My next novel
Earlier this week I was talking to my publisher on the phone, inquiring when "Forty Mermaids" will be printed. Apparently, he has several printing projects ahead of mine on the list. During the course of our conversation, he asked me the subject of my next novel. At one point I'd thought that "Forty Mermaids" might be my last novel, on account of my age and other considerations, but the truth is that I'm working on yet another project, so I told him about it. A few years ago I started researching a novel set during the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. Several novels exist on that theme, but most of them center on privileged young woman who boldly get involved with the uprising, and tended to be more Regency Romance than historical novel about common people trying to influence the political situation under which they lived. My central character is a young woman, but definitely not privileged. She co...