Music is an incredible way to connect with youth and at my ‘Author Talk‘ I prepared an activity where I played the first minute of each song from the ‘Songs of Hope‘ novel soundtrack and the students a series of… Read More »Songs of Hope for youth
‘Songs of Hope’
I am very excited to share with everyone that I was invited as a guest to Jeremy Sutton’s Daily Self-Publishing Podcast today. Jeremy’s podcast is a show designed to be your daily resource for self-publishing success stories, tips, and tactics.… Read More »Guest on Jeremy Sutton’s Daily Podcast
Guest on Jeremy Sutton’s Daily Podcast
When my novel ‘Hold on please, Emily’ launched, there was something unique about it. My book came with an accompanying novel soundtrack ’Hold on please, Emily: Songs of Hope’ created by Kromatix_ (Matthew Isaacs) and yours truly. I wrote the lyrics for all… Read More »Music Teaser IG Reels
Music Teaser IG Reels
Today, I was invited to my first ‘Author Talk‘ for the York Region District School Board (YRDSB). It was exciting because this was for a younger class (grade 3/4 split class), so I spent the entire weekend reorganizing my material… Read More »Author Talk with Gr 3/4
Author Talk with Gr 3/4
Today, I was invited to my final ‘Author Talk’ for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) this school year. I had the pleasure to speak to Ms. McLaughlin’s grade 8 class. This session, I focused on change and how success… Read More »Author Talk on the power of change
Author Talk on the power of change
Today, I was invited to give another motivational talk to a grade 8 class in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). This was a shorter session with Ms. Chin and Ms. Lozej’s class with a focus on how we can… Read More »Author Talk on leading in life
Author Talk on leading in life
My #HoldOnPleaseEmily campaign is about raising awareness for brain tumours and cancer while and bringing hope to those impacted. Apart from finding more ways to donate funds to support the cause, it’s also important to give members of the brain cancer… Read More »Phase 2 of H.O.P.E. Campaign
Phase 2 of H.O.P.E. Campaign
An exciting announcement! I just finished my first podcast interview with Ana Lederhos for her podcast, ‘DNA Through the Senses.’ My podcast interview will be released live on May 31st. Ana reached out back in April when I was gathering… Read More »My first podcast!
My first podcast!
I’m a huge fan of Disney’s Mulan and when the animated movie came out, this song, ‘True to Your Heart‘ was my favourite. Granted, it featured Stevie Wonder, who I call a legend in the music world. But it was… Read More »Be true to your heart with 98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder
Be true to your heart with 98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder
My novel is unique because it comes with an accompanying novel soundtrack called ‘Hold on please, Emily: Songs of Hope.’ This EP was performed by Kromatix_ (aka Matthew Isaacs) and is the first set of published songs I wrote from… Read More »A Closer Look at ‘Songs of Hope’