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My Interview on AllAuthor
Posted on: February 16, 2020
- In: Books | guest posts | Writing
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Brought up on a ranch in southern Alberta, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing at the age of eight. When she was twelve, one of her stories was published in the local newspaper. It took her three years to write the first book. Darlene Foster’s books have an interesting and fast-paced story and include a huge amount of fascinating information. She loves writing for children. Read full interview…
I was delighted to be asked by AllAuthor for an Author Interview with Mady Joshi. I enjoy being part of AllAuthor as it is a great place to showcase your books. They provide great promo materials and gifs that are easy to create, even for someone not that technical.
Thank you for this interview, Mady! I enjoyed answering your great questions.
I hope you enjoyed my interview on AllAuthor and learned about a favourite childhood memory of mine as well as other things about me and my books.
Here are a couple of promo photos and gifs I have created with AllAuthor.
My favourite
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I am so excited about being featured on Susan Toy´s A – R International Writers feature. She has featured some well-known and exceptional authors, so being included has made my day. Susan herself is a talented author. I suggest checking out her blog and her books about life on a small Caribbean Island.
Darlene Foster
Authors-Readers International
Brought up on a ranch in southern Alberta, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing stories, travelling the world and meeting interesting people. She also believes everyone is capable of making their dreams come true. It’s no surprise that she’s now an award-winning author. Her exciting Amanda Travels series features spunky 12 year-old Amanda Ross who loves to travel to unique places. Readers from seven-to-seventy-plus enjoy travelling with Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another. Darlene, her husband and their dog, Dot, divide their time between the west coast of Canada and Orihuela Costa, Spain.
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I have never met Darlene Foster in person, even though we were both living in Alberta at the same time. I first discovered Darlene’s books, in fact, because of that shared Alberta experience. I was scanning the Goodreads book lists for new releases and happened upon her book, Amanda in Alberta
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Guest Post: Darlene Foster
Posted on: January 18, 2020
- In: Books | guest posts | Writing
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I am pleased to be featured as a guest on Beetley Pete’s blog where I talk about how I turned my own travel experiences into books for kids.
I am delighted to be able to bring you a guest post from the lovely Darlene Foster, a Canadian blogger and published author.
Here is her own short bio.
Brought up on a ranch in Canada, Darlene dreamt of travelling the world and meeting interesting people. She has always loved to tell stories and was encouraged by her grade three teacher to write them down. She is the author of the exciting adventure series featuring 12-year-old Amanda Ross who loves to travel. Readers of all ages enjoy travelling with Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Spain, England, Germany, Holland and her own country, Canada. When not travelling herself, Darlene divides her time between the sunny Costa Blanca of Spain and the west coast of Canada.
And this is her unedited guest post.
How Travel Memories Became Books for Kids
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New Year, New Decade – 2020
Posted on: January 3, 2020
- In: Books | Dreams | Writing
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“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” Edith Lovejoy Pierce
I love the start of a new year. It´s an opportunity to re-evaluate my life and set goals for the next 12 months. They may not all be met, that’s OK, life gets in the way. But if there are no goals, nothing gets done and you just sit there. At least that´s how it is for me and I’ve got to keep on moving!
“Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
With that in mind, here are my goals for 2020.
- Edit Amanda in Malta:The Sleeping Lady and send it to the publisher
- Write Amanda in France
- Decide if I should continue writing Amanda stories or venture into something else.
- Write more short stories
- Write more travel articles
- Help others with their writing as many have helped me
- Work on my TBR list, read at least 40 books
- Visit Venice
- Attend a family reunion in Alberta
- Travel to the UK and visit friends
- Organize my office
- Organize my computer files
- Learn more about writing and publishing a picture book
- Publish an anthology of short stories
My three words for 2020 are:
support – Support others in whatever way I can, as so many have supported me over the years.
connect – Connect with people, stay in touch, facilitate connections.
motion – Keep moving, physically and mentally.
My first goal of 2020 was to write this list and it´s done! I would love to hear about your goals and/or words for this year, the start of a new decade.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
A Winner and a Blog Award
Posted on: December 29, 2019
- In: Awards | contests | short stories | Writing
- 51 Comments
I am thrilled to announce that my story, The Bright Lights of Christmas, won the Stevie Turner Christmas short story award. What a wonderful Christmas gift! Pop over and read the other entries. https://steviet3.wordpress.com/2019/12/24/share-your-christmas-short-story-winner/
Thanks also to Stevie Turner for nominating me for the Blogger Recognition Award:
Here are the Rules:
1. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
2. Write a post to show your award.
3. Give a brief story of how your blog started.
4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
5. Select up to fifteen bloggers you want to give this award to.
6. Comment (or pingback) on each blog to let them know that you’ve nominated them and provide a link to the post you’ve created.
How My Blog Started:
When I eventually found a publisher for my Amanda Travels books, she suggested I start a blog as part of my social media presence. That was almost 10 years ago. I wasn’t quite sure what to do, so I checked out the blogs of other writers to get ideas. Since my tag line is, dreamer of dreams, teller of tales, I decided to make dreams the theme of the blog. On June 19th, 2010 I published my first post and this is what I wrote: “This blog is for writers, readers, travelers, dreamers and other interesting people of all ages. I hope you enjoy my blog and I welcome all comments, suggestions and ideas.” You can read the rest of the short post about a hotair balloon ride here. I had three likes and three comments. After writing a couple of posts, I found it was fun and I soon gained great followers, many who have become good friends.
Give Two Pieces of Advice to New Bloggers:
- Have fun with it. Don’t get too serious, people can get serious stuff from TV and newspapers. The world needs positive, funny and uplifting things to read online.
- Include pictures and write lean. People are busy and there is only so much time to read blogs. If the post is too wordy, they won’t read it. And always engage with those who comment.
Select up to 15 Bloggers:
It was difficult to pick but I have chosen these bloggers because they are good writers, have interesting blogs and have supported my blog and writing endeavours. Some have already been nominated for this award, but that’s OK. Do check out their blogs if they are new to you.
- Sue Vincent https://scvincent.com/
- Annika Perry https://annikaperry.com/
- Pamela Wight https://roughwighting.net/
- Marcia Meara https://marciamearawrites.com/
- Mary Smith https://marysmithsplace.wordpress.com/
- Jacqui Murray https://worddreams.wordpress.com/
- Teri Polen https://teripolen.com/
- Joy Lennik https://joylennick.wordpress.com/
- Jacquie Biggar https://jacqbiggar.com/
- Bette Stevens https://4writersandreaders.com/
- D. G. Kaye https://dgkayewriter.com/
- Colleen Chesbro https://colleenchesebro.com/
- Barb Taub https://barbtaub.com/
- Diane Peach https://mythsofthemirror.com/
- Marian Beaman https://marianbeaman.com/
- Robbie Cheadle https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
- Ritu Bhathal https://butismileanyway.com/
OK, I have 17 but I could have had 30.
- In: Books | Christmas | guest posts | reviews | Writing
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This will be my last post until after Christmas so I would like to wish everyone a fabulous holiday season, whether you spend it with family and friends or if you spend it with yourself, some cookies and a good book! I will be spending Christmas in sunny Spain with hubby and Dot but thinking of my family and friends in Canada and all over the world.
I was delighted to be a guest on fellow Canadian author, D.G. Kaye´s blog, where I answer questios like:
Do some of your own character traits or personal experiences spill into your book’s characters?
Q and A with D.G. Kaye, Featuring Children’s Author Darlene Foster
December 20, 2019
Welcome to the last of 2019 author interviews. And I’m happy to send off the season with my featured author guest Darlene Foster. Darlene has recently released another book in her Amanda travels series – Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action. And Darlene is already working on the next book in the series! Let’s find out what she’s up to!
Read the rest here
https://dgkayewriter.com/q-and-a-with-d-g-kaye-featuring-childrens-author-darlene-foster/
However you spend this wonderful tme of the year, may it be full of Joy and Peace! Here is a great version of one of my favourite Christmas songs.
Conversations with Colleen: Meet Author, Darlene Foster, @supermegawoman
Posted on: November 15, 2019
- In: Books | guest posts | Writing
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Today I´m a guest of Colleen Chesebro where we have a great conversation about doing research, the importance of grammar and retirement. Please check it out.
Hello everyone! This week I’m thrilled to bring you one of my favorite award-winning children’s authors, Darlene Foster. I asked her to pick three or four questions from my huge list HERE. This is Darlene’s second visit to my blog. We had so much fun last time, she couldn’t wait to stop around again! Darlene Foster…
Source: Conversations with Colleen: Meet Author, Darlene Foster, @supermegawoman
