Response To Yet Another Webinar With Another Amazing Offer.

Dear Sir,

You sound authentic/genuine and offer good information. This sounds like a helpful offer that would have results. I also gained knowledge from the webinar itself and the many webinars I have watched from you and various other people. If I were to choose which followup course to take that would be relevant (except for one factor...my books are fiction), I would likely choose this one. I am not doing so because...

1. Fiction
2. My age and energy. I have four books published by a small literary publisher in Canada, the first published when I was 70.On my birthday tomorrow, I will be 81.
3. I do not have the money for this. Even though the value is probably worth a lot more (as you say as a selling point), it is still high.

However, I am not just ignoring all the advice. I will continue to promote my latest book, my first mystery, such as is possible without the expertise I would gain from your service. I have also  started a nonfiction book (frustrating as that might be) and already have an outline and a structure. It will address a topic that I think is gaining traction (boomers and retirement), but also provide a vehicle to promote my fiction. I will give it six months (along with a collection of short stories I am working on) in my very busy life and see how it goes. I already have a handful of interviewees lined up.

I have a cast on my left wrist (fracture) and I wonder why I am writing this at all when I mess up whenever I type letters from the left side of the keyboard. At first it was just to say that even at your "low" price, not everyone can afford it. And as I went further, I thought oh well I can probably use some of this verbiage elsewhere.

So it goes (as Kurt Vonnegut) used to say/write.

ML 

Upcoming Events:

1. Meet Authors: Mary Lou Dickinson, Lisa de Nikolits,  and Sky Curtis

Thursday, June 21, 2018. 5:30 to 7 pm.

Sleuth of Baker Street Bookstore, 907 Millwood Road, Toronto 

Three authors writing in 3 different mystery areas! 

Readings, discussion and Q and A.  

Should be loads of fun!

(www.sleuthofbakerstreet.ca)

 

2. Writing Without A Parachute!

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• Tuesday. Jul 10, 2018. 7- 8 pm. 

An Evening with Author Mary Lou Dickinson:  

On Writing in A New Genre.

Location: Queen/Saulter Toronto Public Library. 

At 765 Queen Street East (east of Broadview).

Join author Mary Lou Dickinson as she reads from her 

new mystery novel The White Ribbon Man and 

discusses the process and difficulties of writing in a 

new genre. With Q and A.

Blurbs for "The White Ribbon Man."

These are some of the blurbs I have received for my mystery novel that will be published imminently.  There are likely a couple more blurbs upcoming, but I wanted to get these up and visible to rouse your interest. I am delighted with the comments because they are insightful and honest and come from people whose work I admire.  

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After a woman is found dead in a downtown church basement, nearly everyone becomes a suspect. Dickinson deftly takes us into the world of a social-justice community and their struggles to cope in the aftermath of violence. When a writer and cop unintentionally team up, imagination and evidence blur. This is a page-turner with an unexpected plot-twist that will leave the reader guessing until the very end.

Farzana Doctor. Author of All Inclusive, Six Metres of Pavement, Stealing Nasreen

An insightful and contemplative literary mystery that is steeped in religion, lost loves, loneliness, and the desire for companionship and meaning in life. A beautifully written poignant and touching exploration of human hopes and frailties.

Lisa de Nikolits. Author of No Fury Like That, The Nearly Girl, Between the Cracks She Fell & four other novels.

A well imagined story of how a horrible crime not only upends lives, but the trust of a community. In The White Ribbon Man, Mary Lou Dickinson also explores the mental and emotional injuries that children suffer under the unrelenting demands of fundamentalist religion. It’s a book that will leave you thinking.

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Ken Murray. Author of Eulogy (a novel).

NOTE: You are welcome to come to the Inanna Spring Book launch on Thursday, May 3rd from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at the Women's Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto

LONELINESS

I used to think I knew all there was to know about loneliness. That was a long time ago. What i did know was that then it was like a disease. You could not mention it because the other thought they might catch it or that they were expected to solve it for you. Finally it became clear that if someone would hear the statement, the loneliness would evaporate. In other words, listen! Later I learned that to deal with feeling crappy and alone, if I had three things in a day I would be fine. Some meaningful social contact, even with a stranger on some days. Physical exercise. And for me, learning something new every day, however small. Since then I do not feel lonely most of the time even though what I do in my life is very isolating. I write. Of course, I can also converse with my characters! But real people are more important!!!

Discover My Books!

Well, here they are. My books. I set out when I retired to publish a book. That happened in 2007  with the short story collection, One Day It Happens.. So I thought I would work on another book. Along came Ile d'Or (novel) in 2010. And another novel in 2014. That was Would I Lie To You? There was still a mystery brewing and it is about to appear (this year, 2018). 

Will there be more? I have finished another. I will rest with the mystery for now though,  At 80, yes 80, I take a day at a time. I gave that first book five years (on top of all the years that had preceded that resolve at retirement). Not setting long term goals like that these days. But if there are more books, I will be as excited as each one appears as I have been for these four.
All are available for purchase as well as in libraries! Happy reading!
 

"The White Ribbon Man." Launch Date.

Launch Date for "The White Ribbon Man"
                    May 3, 2018.

The launch of my latest book, a mystery, will be in Toronto at the Women's Art Association on Prince Arthur Avenue. Complete details will follow when available. This will be one of the publisher's (Inanna Publications) Spring Launches for their authors. 

I await this day with excitement and anticipation.

New in Spring 2018. A Mystery. The White Ribbon Man!

Mary Lou Dickinson returns very soon with her fourth book, a mystery, “The White Ribbon Man.” This book, set in Toronto, highlights a city that has become one of the best in the world! Win the appreciation and plaudits of your friends when you suggest, or give, this book to them.

In “The White Ribbon Man,” a woman who walks into a church to use the washroom sees a terrifying scene. On the floor, she sees legs sticking out of one of the washroom’s stalls.

The woman screams!

Others come!

Police are called!

Who is the woman?

No one knows.

There is no identification, just an empty purse.

What happened to her?

Who are the people in this church on a November Sunday morning? And how do they react?

You will soon be able to read  Dickinson’s new book to find out.