tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12185848593418234122024-03-13T13:38:16.175-07:00One Woman Crime WaveThe Writing Life, as It's Lived by Vicki DelanyVicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-32073309775961957712022-08-15T08:37:00.001-07:002022-08-15T08:37:12.097-07:00Where to Find Me<p> As you can see this blog is largely defunct. But if you'd like to find me, I have plenty of other places to visit.</p><p>My main web page is <a href="http://vickidelany.com/">Vicki Delany – Canadian Author of Mystery Novels and Suspense Novels</a></p><p>My Lighthouse Library series page is <a href="https://www.lighthouselibrarymysteries.com/">The Lighthouse Library Mysteies - Home (lighthouselibrarymysteries.com)</a></p><p>Facebook's the best place to get news of book and to join contests. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor">Vicki Delany & Eva Gates | Facebook</a></p><p>I'm on Twitter @vickidelany and @evagatesauthor</p><p>Instragram: @vicki.delany</p><p>Most of my books can be purchased by following this link: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/259698/vicki-delany">Vicki Delany | Penguin Random House</a></p><p>or this one: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/233051/eva-gates/">Eva Gates | Penguin Random House</a></p><p>or this one: <a href="https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/search-results/?keyword=vicki+delany">Search Results - Kensington Books Publishing</a></p><p>To sign up for my newsletter go here: <a href="http://vickidelany.com/?page_id=17">Vicki Delany – Canadian Author of Mystery Novels and Suspense Novels » Contact</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvtyZnIkL0nlWWDNnfr669kGsGaQf4KjeqZM4bkXnmCZGCK-q2irnRVZcHpy4Ld9MDLbhiqvqQvk6amTGBnBp6dVTJx9kz7Ri3kqJ05OXfw0meSv-T3-It8xn7_h8OfC_yOoUN5K7ofykf1vCCPUdefxKeqmeRye_tojCYxBvOtoab_JWDV2ZjBq6/s2304/Books%20by%20Vicki%20Delany%20-%20June%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvtyZnIkL0nlWWDNnfr669kGsGaQf4KjeqZM4bkXnmCZGCK-q2irnRVZcHpy4Ld9MDLbhiqvqQvk6amTGBnBp6dVTJx9kz7Ri3kqJ05OXfw0meSv-T3-It8xn7_h8OfC_yOoUN5K7ofykf1vCCPUdefxKeqmeRye_tojCYxBvOtoab_JWDV2ZjBq6/s320/Books%20by%20Vicki%20Delany%20-%20June%202022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-60171430587127413402018-01-05T09:05:00.000-08:002018-01-05T09:05:48.960-08:00Contest TimeWith<b><i> The Cat of the Baskervilles</i></b> being released on February 13th, I want to introduce the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series to anyone who hasn't discovered it yet.<br />
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So I'm running a contest for an ARC of <b><i>Elementary, She Read</i></b>, the first in the series.<br />
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The contest is on Facebook, and I'd love you to "like' my Facebook author page (www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor) because that's where I regularly post book news, tour information, and have contests. But if you are not a fan of Facebook, you can still enter the contest. Just leave a comment below.<br />
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Contest open to US and Canada residents. Contest closes Monday AM.<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-24873254100354603592017-12-31T07:11:00.001-08:002017-12-31T07:26:22.419-08:00A Busy Year Ahead in 2018<h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">January 9, 2018. Paperback release of <b><i>BODY ON BAKER STREET</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">February 13: Release of T<b><i>HE CAT OF THE BASKERVILLES</i></b>, the third Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">June 12: release of <b><i>THE SPOOK IN THE STACKS</i></b>, the fourth Lighthouse Library mystery by Eva Gates</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">October 9: paperback release of <b><i>THE CAT OF THE BASKERVILLES</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">October: release of <b><i>BLUE WATER HUES</i></b>, the second Ashley Grant Mystery (this is a Rapid Reads novella) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">November 14: release of <b><i>A Scandal in the Bookshop</i></b> (tentative title) the fourth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery</span><br />
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The fourth Year Round Christmas mystery for Penguin Random House<br />
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The fifth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery for Crooked Lane<br />
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Essay "Sherlock Holmes is Like..." for Christopher Redmond's anthology on Sherlock and popular culture</div>
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Essay: "Women as People in the Sherlock Holmes Canon" for <b><i>Villains, Victims, and Violets</i></b> from the Studious Scarlets Society</div>
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February 11, Speech to Muskoka Writers Association, Bracebridge, Ontario</div>
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April 27: Malice Domestic Conference in Bethesda, Maryland</div>
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May 9: Cozy Con in Scottsdale Arizona<br />
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August 31/Sept 1. Women Killing It Festival in Prince Edward County, Ontario</div>
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-84178950066876510112017-10-06T06:16:00.004-07:002017-10-10T13:16:33.947-07:00Bouchercon 2017Bouchercon, the international crime writing and reading conference, is being held in Toronto this year. How could I pass up the chance to go!<br />
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I'll be there for the entire conference, staying in the conference hotel at the Sheridan Centre near all the action. I'd love to meet as many readers as possible. Here's where I'll be<br />
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Wednesday evening. I<b>NTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH CROMBIE. A</b> pre-Bouchercon event at the Whitby Public Library at which I'll be interviewing Deborah. (Event is sold out! Sorry)<br />
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Friday 9:30. <b>TEAM LEADER AT CWC PUB QUIZ.</b> Attendees can register in advance for the team they'd like to join!<br />
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Saturday 9:30. <b>MEET ME AT THE CWC HOSPITALITY LOUNGE</b> where I'll be chatting to readers and signing books for an hour<br />
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Saturday 11:40 <b>SHERLOCK AND ME</b>. A 20-20 session at which I'll talk about the inspiration behind the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series and anything else you might want to know.<br />
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Saturday 2:30. <b>MEET ME AT THE CWC HOSPITALITY LOUNGE</b> where I'll be chatting to readers and signing books for an hour<br />
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Sunday. 9:30 Panel discussion. <b>THE BOOKSHELF DID IT:</b> Mysteries involving books. Also on the panel are Kate Carlile and Mary Jane Maffini. Bound to be a riot!<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-13070740492131905502017-01-08T12:34:00.001-08:002017-01-08T12:34:25.730-08:00Elementary,She Read<br />
Once again, it seems as though it's been a while since I posted to this blog.<br />
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I'm delighted to share the news of what I've been up to over the last year. I've been working on the news Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, which will be published by Crooked Lane.<br />
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The first book in the series is titled <i><b>Elementary, She Read</b></i>, and will be released on March 14, and is now available for pre-order in ebook and hardcover formats.<br />
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rare and valuable magazine in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium takes
the highly perceptive Gemma Doyle and her ever-confused friend Jayne Wilson
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Transplanted Englishwoman Gemma Doyle owns the Sherlock
Holmes Bookshop and Emporium in the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod,
specializing in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and the adjoining Mrs. Hudson’s
Tea Room. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing
the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne
Wilson set off to find the owner. What they find is a dead woman and Gemma’s
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The highly perceptive Gemma is the police’s first suspect,
so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name,
investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously
unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on
their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a
second murder scene, it's a race to uncover the truth before the detectives
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Fans of Sherlock Holmes will delight in the sleuthing duo of
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-73588947348719334612016-02-12T13:18:00.001-08:002016-02-12T13:18:16.564-08:00What's new and LCC<br />
Good heavens, but it's been a long time since I posted anything on this blog.<br />
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Things have been running along just fine. There are two<br />
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And, to round things off, the 8th Constable Molly Smith book, was released in February. It's titled <b><i>Unreasonable Doubt. </i></b><br />
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The reason I came over to the blog, was to ask if you're going to be at Left Coast Crime, and if you are, I hope we can beet up because I have a lot of things going on.<br />
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The night before the conference opens, Wednesday Feb. 24, I'll be at Poisoned Pen Bookstore at 7:00 as part of their International Writers Night.<br />
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I'll be busy all weekend with two panels, Writing Two Series on Thursday, and Murder in the Great Outdoors on Sunday, the speed-dating for authors event, and the Poisoned Pen Press breakfast on Saturday.<br />
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It's going to be a heck of a lot of fun!Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-82383037984610425392015-08-14T13:27:00.000-07:002015-08-14T13:27:20.615-07:00Haitian GravesI have been sorely neglecting this blog of late. As an excuse, I do have rather a lot going on. And it's summer, so when I haven't been writing or doing any of the other varied chores associated with the writer's life, I've been outside.<br />
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But now, it's time for a new book announcement. <b><i>Haitian Graves</i></b>, my new novella for the Rapid Reads line of Orca Books will be released on August 25th.<br />
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This is the second Ray Robertson book. The first, 2014's <i><b>Juba Good</b></i>, saw Sergeant Ray Robertson of the RCMP working with the UN in South Sudan. If you recall I was lucky enough to spend some time in South Sudan in 2011 and 2013, and while I was there I met with some RCMP officers.<br />
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Since then the security situation in South Sudan has deteriorated and when Orca wanted another Ray Robertson book, I didn't think I could set one there. But I just happened to be going to Haiti, so I took Ray along.<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-1072235572992594062015-04-18T10:31:00.002-07:002015-04-18T10:31:22.886-07:00A busy desk: what I'm working on. <b>(Reposted from Type M 4 Murder)<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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I am juggling a lot of writing balls these days, so I thought this would be a good time to let you know what I’m up to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I write this, I have just finished four days of solid writing and managed to do 14,000 words. Which is pretty mind-boggling, as most authors will tell you. That’s about 14,000 good words. Very few of it will be discarded when I do edits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Constable Molly Smith #8 – half finished first draft.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lighthouse Library. #2 – <b><i>Booked for Trouble. </i></b> Completely finished and waiting for copy edits back. Publication date September 2015.<br />
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Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-61125335734479821762015-03-10T06:07:00.001-07:002015-03-10T06:07:37.247-07:00By Book or By CrookIt's here! <b><i>By Book or By Crook</i></b>, the first in the Lighthouse Library series was released on Feb 3rd.<br />
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small town setting and enchanting library. If you're looking for an
enchanting getaway, a mystery to help you escape the winter doldrums, you can't
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Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-74557735045690323692015-01-26T13:51:00.002-08:002015-01-26T13:51:52.389-08:00Another contest!<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>By Book or By Crook </i></b>comes out next Tuesday! So I'm having one more (for now) contest for some lovely Outer Banks swag. When I've visited the Outer Banks doing research for the Lighthouse Library series, I've come home with an enormous amount of touristy stuff. I'd love to give some of it away to people interested in learning about the background and the real setting of the new series.<br />
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The contest is open to anyone who "Likes" the FB page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor">https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor</a> or Vicki Delany's page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany">https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany</a><br />
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If you are not on Facebook, and don't want to be, that's okay, because you can send an email to to evagatesauthor@gmail.com.<br />
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Today's question is: What was the best book you read in 2014? To be fair, (because I really do want to know) don't mention a book by me.<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-9846278227429868522015-01-07T06:20:00.000-08:002015-01-07T06:20:10.847-08:00Contest Time!When I've visited the Outer Banks doing research for the Lighthouse Library series, I've come home with an enormous amount of touristy stuff. I'd love to give some of it away to people interested in learning about the background and the real setting of the new series.<br />
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The second contest is now underway. The contest is open to anyone who "Likes" the FB page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor">https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor</a> or Vicki Delany's page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany">https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany</a><br />
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If you are not on Facebook, and don't want to be, that's okay, because you can send an email to to evagatesauthor@gmail.com.<br />
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Today's question is: What place have you never been but would love to vacation one day. There is no wrong answer!<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-3589227274537658072015-01-01T10:47:00.002-08:002015-01-01T10:47:36.524-08:00A New Year's Gift<br />
Wow! I couldn't' have started the new year out in a better way.<br />
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I opened my computer to find that Library Journal had given <b><i>By Book or By Crook</i></b> by Eva Gates a starred review!<br />
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Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-88315298849843022662014-11-20T07:00:00.000-08:002014-11-20T07:00:26.863-08:00In HibernationIt's been a long time since I posted anything to this blog. I guess because there hasn't been a lot of new news to share, and I haven't been travelling very much.<br />
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I'm now hunkered down at home, planning to hibernate for the next several months, reading and writing and doing jigzaw puzzles, with a break to celebrate Christmas with my family.<br />
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The biggest thing in my life has been my kitchen renovations. I'm absolutely thrilled with it! Here are some pics:<br />
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I'm gearing up for a major book tour for <b>BY BOOK OR BY CROOK</b>. Stops are in are Arizona (with Kate Carlisle, I am really excited about that!), North Carolina with Erika Chase/Linda Wiken and Donis Casey, Florida, and Michigan with Barbara Fradkin. Plans are still in flux and flights not booked yet, so if you want me to visit your library or book club, drop me a note.<br />
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Full tour details will be posted here when they are set: <a href="http://vickidelany.blogspot.ca/">http://vickidelany.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
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By Book or by Crook is now available for pre-order for all the regular places, online as well as bookstores and for e-readers and in print.Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-5233980278225380892014-09-06T12:21:00.002-07:002014-09-06T12:21:40.316-07:00Introducing Eva Gates<b><br /></b>
<b>That's me!</b><br />
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My career is taking off in new directions, and I am turning to the light side. I am now a cozy writer.<br />
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If you are a Molly Smith fan, fear not, I am not planning to abandon those people I love so much, but just putting them on hiatus while I do other things.<br />
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I have <b>two </b>three-book contracts from Penguin. One to write the Lighthouse Library Mysteries for Obsidian, and one for the Christmas Town mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime.<br />
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The Lighthouse Library Books will be first, and they are being written under the pen name of <b>EVA GATES.</b> The first book is <b>By Book or By Crook</b> and will be released Feb 3, 2015. The second is <b>Booked for Trouble</b>, coming August 2015.<br />
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I have been working on the web page for the Lighthouse Library series today and am proud to unveil it.<br />
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<a href="http://lighthouselibrarymysteries.com/" target="_blank">Lighthouse Library Mysteries from Eva Gates. </a><br />
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Please pay a visit and let me know what you think!<br />
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Eva has her own email address <a href="mailto:evagatesauthor@gmail.com">evagatesauthor@gmail.com</a> or you can still write to <a href="mailto:vicki@vickidelany.com">vicki@vickidelany.com</a><br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-58928077157773963202014-08-04T08:26:00.002-07:002014-08-04T08:26:14.074-07:00Win a CD copy of UNDER COLD STONE for Your Library!<div class="MsoNormal">
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These are on a set of CDs. Audio books are popular in libraries, but they
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If you'd like to win a set for your library (and I am sure no one will mind if
you listen to it first!) just leave a comment here or send me an email.
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Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-67055260270798572712014-07-27T06:22:00.000-07:002014-07-27T08:27:59.449-07:00Blog Hop!<br />
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now going through the editor’s edits for <b><i>By Book or By Crook</i></b>, the first in
the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.
This is something very new for me.
A new cozy series! And I just
love it. The books are for Penguin
Obsidian, and they will be published under my pen name, Eva Gates. The series is set in a library in a lighthouse
on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. After writing 16 books with more serious
tones, all about human tragedy, broken families, injured war vets, and other
not-fun things, to write a book just for fun is a real joy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>By Book or By
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is a very cozy series, and it is written specifically for those readers who
love cozies. About the only way it differs from some others, is that I am trying
to keep it funny. If you are looking for
a good laugh, along with an interesting location, fun characters, and an
intelligent puzzle, please give it a try.
Oh, and the Outer Banks location. And the lighthouse! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I
was ready for a change, and I was seriously considering giving up writing. This new project has given me a renewed love
of writing. I love the Constable Molly Smith books from Poisoned Pen, and they
are doing reasonably well. I really
loved writing standalone gothic thrillers, but the latest, <b><i>More than Sorrow</i></b>, pretty
much sunk without a trace. The offer
from Penguin (via my wonderful agent Kim Lionetti of Bookends) came at the
perfect time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I get up every morning, seven days a week. I go to my main computer in my office, and
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Then it’s time to start to write. I walk into the dining room and stand at my
Netbook computer which is on the half-wall between the kitchen and the dining
room and boot it up. (In the summer I
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I have a new web site for the Eva Gates books: <a href="http://www.lighthouselibrarymysteries.com/" target="_blank">www.lighthouselibrarymysteries.com</a>. It’s still in development, but please have a
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Malan lives in southeastern Ontario with her husband. People tend to ask her
about the choreography of stripping – and she'll answer – but most of the time
she's the author of the Dhulyn and Parno novels, and the Mirror Lands novels, fantasies available
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Lewis Mysteries (Dundurn), history/mystery set in pre-Confederation Upper
Canada, featuring a steely-eyed and stout-hearted "saddlebag
preacher" as the hero. <br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thaddeus-Lewis-Mysteries-Janet-Kellough/190597476409?ref_type=bookmark" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thaddeus-Lewis-Mysteries-Janet-Kellough/190597476409?ref_type=bookmark</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Big Eddies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street scene, with Fleures Des Menthe Restaurant patio on the right</td></tr>
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A perfect setting, I thought, for a series of crime novels. And thus, Trafalgar was born. Others seem to agree with me, as there are now several mystery novels set in some fictional version of Nelson. <br />
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I visited Nelson recently, and decided it would be fun to take pictures of the real places that feature in my fictional town. I posted some last week, and here are a few more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French Bakery introduced in IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLACIER, and featured in all the other books when Molly Smith moves into the apartment above. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bar of the Hudson House Hotel. Where Smith meets her childhood friend Nicky in AMONG THE DEPARTED </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The " Big Black Bridge "</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Eddie's Coffee Emporium, site of many meetings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The police station (of course)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A street scene. Picture taken from inside "George's Restaurant" (hard to see, but what makes this "Nelson" is the kids band playing across the street)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, Castlegar really is known as Cancel-gar, as Smith tells Winters taking him to meet a flight in WINTER OF SECRETS</td></tr>
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-52122818113060693742014-06-24T13:29:00.001-07:002014-06-24T13:39:36.808-07:00Testing, testingI am testing an app to use Blogger on my iPad. My flight from Castlegar to Vancouver was cancelled when the plane broke. Good thing it broke on the ground. Anyway, they were able to reschedule me via Calgary, but now have a lot of time to kill in Calgary. <div><br></div><div>I had a great time in Nelson. Let's see if we can post some pictures of the places in Nelson, that inspired the books. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lucky Smith's Garden:<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NH9GfVUMJQK4uNe8d1T2VbagEHrIlo7v_VM-Xg764xkFwhc0ZukQr84C7_nF947LbAOc7Kw4DbLjwQbj0yDqB68t6nsg32gZFVxAvU0qV3xuKxxoW-4VBgePejpk39pVzmYO0zt6an0/s640/blogger-image--1283637898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NH9GfVUMJQK4uNe8d1T2VbagEHrIlo7v_VM-Xg764xkFwhc0ZukQr84C7_nF947LbAOc7Kw4DbLjwQbj0yDqB68t6nsg32gZFVxAvU0qV3xuKxxoW-4VBgePejpk39pVzmYO0zt6an0/s640/blogger-image--1283637898.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Road to John and Eliza Winters' House</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcuzWVAdmehzl0XW71vy2YeAaIbzWfzh55Y8qJ9LuvebwEaO4a21o2cL6NAX-xvzKLyI48INNtOU12HWqxavMS5hBOQdSVq8B37V4mAhDUaMT46BHSL1u0uoNiutYCw1f5qKBwonWwJw/s640/blogger-image-146222898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcuzWVAdmehzl0XW71vy2YeAaIbzWfzh55Y8qJ9LuvebwEaO4a21o2cL6NAX-xvzKLyI48INNtOU12HWqxavMS5hBOQdSVq8B37V4mAhDUaMT46BHSL1u0uoNiutYCw1f5qKBwonWwJw/s640/blogger-image-146222898.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Adam Tocek's place is ready for winter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAbWvg4g3nHvARaZBES6d0qSMr0BTllv1Uf5-Tb_mRWchGCt53ujZNsS2TOt5s9bRy-BPawDCxcoeP78MWcft4w1rZ-x5ja5QX0lxax8Z-GmSn971szAcEdC5GH2RCOisyjSOhQ5Vs5k/s640/blogger-image-1257708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAbWvg4g3nHvARaZBES6d0qSMr0BTllv1Uf5-Tb_mRWchGCt53ujZNsS2TOt5s9bRy-BPawDCxcoeP78MWcft4w1rZ-x5ja5QX0lxax8Z-GmSn971szAcEdC5GH2RCOisyjSOhQ5Vs5k/s640/blogger-image-1257708.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-16591236918479201322014-06-11T13:51:00.001-07:002014-06-11T13:51:31.771-07:00Bloody Words – RIP <div class="MsoNormal">
Wasn’t that a party!
This past weekend saw the swan song of Bloody Words, the Canadian mystery
convention. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, sad to say, Bloody Words is finished. For the simple
reason that the long-time organizers felt that they’d had enough (and who can
blame them) and no one else stepped up to the plate. Oh, there were plenty of
people saying that ‘someone’ should continue it. But no one volunteering to be
that ‘someone’. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Banquet<br /></td></tr>
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Although rumours were swirling that a few people had their
heads together. We live in hope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was, however, a wonderful send-off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speechifying </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mother was my guest at the AE gala</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking rather silly at Books with Legs<br /></td></tr>
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I had the honour of being the Canadian guest of honour but
for me the excitement began the night before the convention itself with the
annual Arthur Ellis gala at which the awards for the best in Canadian crime
writing were handed out. I was the host
this year. We had a great dinner, a wonderful venue at the Arts and Letters
Club, and about a hundred very interesting guests. At dinner, I sat next to Michael Jecks, who
was the international guest of honour for Bloody Words, and I enjoyed getting
to know him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My stint at being the host passed with no calamities, the
awards were handed out, nice speeches made, and everyone went off happily into
the night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bloody Words began on Friday and it was just a whirwind of
fun and activity. I went to lunch with
my publisher for Orca, Ruth Linka; met up with people I hadn’t seen in a while
such as Alex Brett and Michael Blair; and chatted with people I never tire of
seeing such as Linda Wiken and Mary Jane Maffini. </div>
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on one called 50 Shades of Cop, all about writing police novels, with John
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As Canadian guest of Honor, I was in the mystery café with
David Cole to talk about writing women in crime novels where Cathy Astolfo did
a great job of moderating. Also, Cheryl
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Gold Web: A Klondike Mystery, was up for a Bony Pete award for best light mystery. It didn't win, but heck it's an honour to be nominated. Right? </div>
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For pure fun, nothing beat Caro Soles’ Books with Legs or
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mystery character. I sorta outdid myself
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Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-48246987032627180122014-06-02T05:52:00.000-07:002014-06-02T05:52:25.306-07:00I'm Ready for Bloody WordsI'm all ready for Bloody Words 2014. Hats are bought, costume rented, accessories bought. Mom invited.<br />
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Can't wait. Canada's Conference for Mystery Readers and Authors runs June 6 - 9th, in Toronto. There are still tickets available.<br />
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<a href="http://2014.bloodywords.com/">http://2014.bloodywords.com</a>/ The full schedule is now posted.Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-20332489160700914912014-02-17T12:55:00.004-08:002014-02-17T12:57:14.237-08:00Are you going to Bloody Words?If not, why not?<br />
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Bloody Words is the Canadian mystery convention. It is held in Toronto every second year, and in other Canadian cities in intervening years. As far as small conventions go, it is definitely one of the best, packed with a line up of panels and events for established authors, beginning authors, and readers. A chance to hob-nob with some of your favourite Canadian crime and suspense authors and meet new ones.<br />
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I am really looking forward to Bloody Words, June 6 - 8 in Toronto and hope you'll join us. Here's the link with all the details. <a href="http://2014.bloodywords.com/">http://2014.bloodywords.com/</a><br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-7528005066702025062014-01-28T07:11:00.000-08:002014-01-28T07:11:12.515-08:00Book of the Week!Did you watch the Discover Channel TV show, Klondike? Adapted from Charlotte Gray's superb non-fiction account of the Gold Rush, <b><i>Gold Diggers</i></b>, it was a travesty! A good, real Canadian story turned into an American Western complete with shootouts and even a murder, that never happened either in real life or in Gray's book.<br />
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My Klondike Mystery series is fiction, and claims to be nothing else, but I got the hiostiry a lot better than the TV producers did.<br />
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And, to prove it, you can try the first in my series, <i><b>Gold Digger,</b></i> FREE for e-readers. In fact, it's the book of the week for iTunes!<br />
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How great is that!<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-57964729025954345442014-01-03T06:08:00.003-08:002014-01-03T06:08:42.010-08:00Gold Web: A Klondike MysteryFor those of you who don't have much time to read, I present GOLD WEB in a quick easy to read format:<br />
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<br />Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-43621666423688344232013-12-20T05:44:00.000-08:002013-12-20T05:44:56.694-08:00Klondike Friday. Juba, South Sudan: <b><i>Gold Web</i> is now available, so this will be the last Klondike Friday for this go-round. I hope you've all enjoyed it. This week I'm reprinting a piece I wrote on my first visit to South Sudan back in 2011. The situation has suddenly become dire in Juba, and I am very concerned. So here is my small wish for hope and peace in a very troubled land. (Yes, I was writing <i>Gold Web</i> when I was there!)</b><br />
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<strong><em>Juba, South Sudan: 2011; Dawson City, Yukon: 1898</em></strong><br />
While I’ve been spending the last few weeks visiting my daughter in Juba, South Sudan, I’ve been working on <strong><em>Gold Web</em></strong>, the fourth Klondike Gold Rush mystery novel.<br />
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Seems like Juba would hardly be an inspiration, doesn’t it?<br />
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But the two places are surprisingly similar.<br />
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<strong>Take the streets</strong>. In Dawson the town flooded so much in the spring of 1897 that the Mounties needed a canoe to get from one building to another across the parade square. The town was built on a flood plain at the joining to two rivers. When it rained the streets turned into muddy passages so deep that the mud might come up to the top of a waggon wheel or to a horse’s knees. In Juba, the streets are mostly unpaved, and unmaintained. Potholes the size of a small car, open manholes, rocks and garbage and debris. I haven’t been here in the rainy season, but I shudder to contemplate.<br />
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<strong>The people</strong>. People from all over the world poured into the Klondike in search of fortune. Most of them were ill-equipped, to say the least, to live in an arctic mining town. The only ones who really made money were those who ‘mined the miners’: dance hall owners, shop owners, etc. <br />
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People from all over the world are here in Juba: aid workers from NGOs and foreign governments; people from other African countries setting up business large and small. Kenyans seem to have a monopoly on the car rental and taxi businesses, Eritreans on water delivery; Turks are building the new road to Umulei; Ugandan and Kenyan women staff restaurants and bars. White 4*4s stamped UN fill the streets along with most of the major NGOs. I have met people from Canada, UK, US, Holland, Botswana, Kenya, Germany, Ethiopia, France, South Africa, Sweden, Australia. Most of whom seem to get along in a joyous muddle. <br />
The City. The Klondike was a rough and tumble mining town carved out of the sub-arctic wilderness. People lived in shacks made out of green wood or in canvas tents (in the winter!) and what buildings there were, were constructed with more speed than skill. This city isn’t much different. It was just a garrison town for the Northern forces for the years of the civil war. Only with the CPA in 2005 and the subsequent independence did the city start to grow. And growing it is. Construction is everywhere. Housing is a problem as people are pouring in, not only from other countries as mentioned above to take advantage of the new economic opportunities, but from the countryside. Most housing is still in tin shacks or traditional mud huts.<br />
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<strong>Environment</strong>. Cough. Hack. In Dawson sawdust covered everything, all the time. They were cutting down the forest as fast as possible and turning all that wood into boats and buildings and firewood. In Juba at this time of year not only is dust everywhere, but the farmers are burning their fields and smoke is thick in town. Neither were places for people with breathing difficulties. In Dawson there was one or two public toilets (depending on my sources) for a city of 30,000. No plumbing, no electricity, no telephone (They got electricity and telephone in 1899). In Juba, I don’t know how many public toilets there are but I’ve learned not to leave home without using one. The ‘western’ style houses have private garbage disposal and sanitation removal: the shanties, nope. What do you do without garbage collection or running water? Think about it. <br />
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<em><strong>The Wildlife</strong></em>: Zip. Nada. What else happens when the wilderness is destroyed and the people move in. <br />
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<strong>The future</strong>. There was no future for Dawson City. The gold rush ended abruptly in the summer of 1899 and everyone fled for other prospects. The era of the great gold rushes was over: most mining would be done by companies now, with industrial equipment and scientific innovations. By the early 20th century the city was pretty much a ghost town. It’s revived today, but the population is about 8,000 (it had been 30,000 in summer 1898) and it’s mostly a tourist town, reliving its glory days. <br />
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<strong>For Juba?</strong> There are difficulties to be sure: Crime is on the increase; war with the North still threatens; there are ethic and regional disputes. But everyone is optimistic and the energy is fantastic. I’m looking forward to coming back in a year or two and seeing how it’s progressed.Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218584859341823412.post-60759566070794509652013-12-13T08:24:00.000-08:002013-12-13T08:26:09.209-08:00Klondike Friday – An Armada<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9ZFS89K1ahjRWS9nV-geP3wKdgi9hFBPp0NQN7ZBI9J2lgDzU7Vx0IoD-6nR7XBCzo-nem49Bjz6eB7ypCvBVX4E3ABQ3kGz-uD5XLEbTcdqtHXyBu8mEnG_RbjYk24Z-qJoRFCXX0g/s1600/boats4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642550404920221378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9ZFS89K1ahjRWS9nV-geP3wKdgi9hFBPp0NQN7ZBI9J2lgDzU7Vx0IoD-6nR7XBCzo-nem49Bjz6eB7ypCvBVX4E3ABQ3kGz-uD5XLEbTcdqtHXyBu8mEnG_RbjYk24Z-qJoRFCXX0g/s400/boats4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 181px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 279px;" /></a>
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It’s well known that the route to the Klondike in 1897-98 was nothing if not difficult. The photographs of a line of men and sometimes women climbing steadily up the Chilkoot trail, carrying a portion of their one ton of goods on their backs, is iconic. So iconic it’s featured on Alaska licence plates. (I’ve always thought it a bit ironic that the Alaska licence plate proudly features people LEAVING Alaska).
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But lesser known perhaps is what those would-be prospectors faced once they reached the summit. Could they take a rest and congratulate themselves on making it? Was it smooth sailing the rest of the way? A gentle stroll down the mountainside followed by a leisurely cruise?
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Not exactly.<br />
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Because once they reached the summit, and were inspected by the Mounties posted there and allowed to go forward, there was, of course, nothing until they got to Dawson City. Eight Hundred kilometres of nothing.<br />
The only way to get to Dawson from here was by water, up the Yukon River. As there wasn’t exactly a port at the lakes, they had to build their own boats – and then navigate a river full of rapids through the wilderness.<br />
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And build boats they did, out of green wood they hacked out of the wilderness forest themselves. And not a canoe, but something that would transport all of their party and everyone’s ton of goods. While they waited the winter out on the shores of Lake Bennett for the river ice to break up. One day ice clogged the waterway, the next day it did not. And the armada set off. Just imagine a wilderness river, barely disturbed by so much as a paddle in all the years of its existence. Suddenly tens, then hundreds, of craft arrive. Canoes and rowboats, scows and barges, rafts that were living trees a few days before. Billowing with sails made out of the sides of tents or tarpaulins.<br />
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As this was Canada, and not the ‘wild west’ the Mounties kept an eye on the proceedings, they inspected the boats for some minimal degree of seaworthiness, and those they feared not capable of operating their craft were ordered to learn water skills first. At various points where the rapids were strong the police ordered women and children out of the boats to walk around.<br />
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Many boats and many possessions and even some lives were lost on the river. Imagine carrying all that stuff up the Chilkoot trail and over the summit only to watch it sink to the bottom of the mighty river.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwCWKIndn6grALTp2nAJ-_vRViEC8HhvCtsiEo5VmJtW2brL7VBjLxuDrS5I6Np53xPhh242u40gJVjrIIgE8iDyZTn4R8lksV9lIXtBJ1SH1PwIELaA2ZEnbP6qsREDUMSB9jjCTZeg/s1600/gold+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwCWKIndn6grALTp2nAJ-_vRViEC8HhvCtsiEo5VmJtW2brL7VBjLxuDrS5I6Np53xPhh242u40gJVjrIIgE8iDyZTn4R8lksV9lIXtBJ1SH1PwIELaA2ZEnbP6qsREDUMSB9jjCTZeg/s320/gold+web.jpg" width="207" /></a><b><i>GOLD WEB,</i></b> the fourth book in the Klondike Gold Rush series, is now available for pre-order for both paper and ebook versions. Click for <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Gold-Web-Klondike-Vicki-Delany-ebook/dp/B00B9VY6HW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386951539&sr=8-1&keywords=vicki+delany+gold+web" target="_blank">Amazon.ca,</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1459707729/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p14_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0NCSHGZAMF8WVWX4T4ET&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1630083462&pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>,<a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/gold-web" target="_blank"> Kobo</a>, <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=gold%20web%20delany" target="_blank">Chapters.ca</a> or remember your favourite independent bookstore.Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com0