Author: Lou Rider

This is a pic of my new mug from Kavaccino's, a sweet little cafe in Lacombe. They are hosting a reading night for local writers sometime this month and since Jake Knight and The Tale of Vindicatum just happens to have a ghost... I will be reading excerpts from my book! How cool is that?…

This is the front and back cover of my upcoming book. I think the Book Designer from Miriam Laundry Books did an amazing job, eh? It's getting very exciting now! I just sent off the manuscript to her to format into the book and I feel like I've given away my baby! I can't fiddle…

Sammy meets his first visitors.This dog will never cease to amaze me. Our good friends, Tom and Deb came over for a visit. They sat at the high table on our deck with us, along with Sammy. This scared, cringing little canine who flinches at every unknown sound, actually came up to Tom and sniffed…

I had such an amazing response from friends, family and fans when I asked which head shot should go on the back cover of Jake Knight and The Tale of Vindicatum. Most of you picked this one. Thanks for your input! The picture will be cropped from the bottom, but when I tried to upload…

Things are moving forward with the book! I am busy getting the elements I need to send to my book designer, John. He's the guy who puts all the parts together. I've written my author biography page, which will be on the last page or two, plus the Book description and the shorter author blurb…

So, my trusty editor has thankfully not sent my manuscript back with more changes to make. We will be going ahead with the changes I have already done. (Whew!) Right now, she is doing a final copy-edit. That means the grammar, spelling and punctuation. You know–all the fun stuff. When it comes back to me…

Last Tuesday, I finally decided that I had had enough of tweaking my manuscript before handing it in to Sharon for the final edit. It has been very difficult to get to work on it since we have literally been on holidays off and on since July. Don't get me wrong, I have loved spending…

Theo and I decided to take Sammy for a walk around the pond. According to Sammy, walks have a definite script for how they ought to be conducted. First, you show him the leash; preferably when he is in his safe basket. Notice the look on his face. It is easy to read his mind:I…

M sent two pathetic looking “bunnies” with us when Sammy came to be with us. They were his favourites. The purple one was for sleeping with. The white and turquoise one was to beat on and chew. It had lost most of its stuffing and looked ready to fall apart.It took a long time for…

There was another weekend we had to both be away, and we weren’t sure what to do. M had offered some help when we got Sammy, but we did not want to impose, or make it a habit. It was too soon for us to leave him with unknown people, so M graciously agreed to…