by karen.deblieck | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Author Interview with Akua Leslie Hope I’m so excited to welcome Akua Lezli Hope who wrote contributed a wonderful poem to the Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep anthology. Akua was the 2022 Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry (SFPA), creates poems, patterns,...
by karen.deblieck | Jul 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week I got to hold a copy in my hands! Think deep.The deep of the sea, the deep of space, the deep of our souls, our fears…ourselves.Fear not the monsters under your bed–but the mermaids under your boat. I’m so excited to announce that this...
by karen.deblieck | Jul 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Go Back to where you came from! Oh, you’re talking to me? I was just at the grocery store.Did you mean… Oh.No.Further. I live just a block away from this park.Past the convenience store.It’s a small red brick house.I can just walk back… OhNot...
by karen.deblieck | Jul 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Black Canadians and Segregation in Schools **If you missed my last post on Black Segregation in Commercial Establishments check out my last blog post.** There are many examples of segregation that occured in Canada over the years but today we’re going to focus...
by karen.deblieck | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Segregation in Establishments Despite the relative freedom African Americans found in Canada there were still many hurdles, mainly segregation and “acceptable” discrimination. This post explores segregation in buildings and institutions in Canada. ...
by karen.deblieck | Jun 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Stories I Choose to Write (and why). I get this question all the time and it’s a tricky one to answer. Genre I’ve written both fantasy and historical. I read very eclectically so that gets reflected in what I write. More recently I’ve been...