April 26, 2008

WEEKEND WINNERS

For a chance to win a copy of THE HEART OF A RENEGADE post a comment on Alison Kent’s blog . And don’t forget to check back to her blog each weekend for more wins — she runs a contest every week. A wonderful way to try new authors. Thanks Alison!

Above is the Grouse Mountain cable car that plays a key role in the final showdown with the Triad in THE HEART OF A RENEGADE. Last summer I investigated and took photos to make sure Luke’s dramatic actions were do-able. You can see where he climbed the ladder up top, and dropped down onto the roof while the car was still in the dock. You can also make out the glass operator’s booth up top.

And below — thar she goes up into the clouds … for more pics check out the Renegade Photo Tour in previous blog posts.

April 2, 2008

RENEGADE DOWN UNDAH

I was delighted to see that THE HEART OF A RENEGADE comes out in Australia in May ’08, paired with Catherine Mann’s OUT OF UNIFORM

I’m sure my Aussie bodyguard hero Luke Stone will be pleased — he hails from Perth

My Path: 1 hour run/walk, on softening ski trails — slip sliding away, as much backwards as forwards, I think. Sorta like running in sand dunes. But worse. Because I have holes in my runners that shoveled in the snow — my feet turned into numb stumps, and then about 20 mins into the run my toes started to thaw … and hurt like hell. But it was worth it once that old Zen-with-the-world feeling kicked in.

My Beat Never Surrender …

March 31, 2008

SHOOTING ON THE RUN …

RENEGADE photo-tour:

‘Twas a hazy/blurry day last summer, but I wanted to make sure the CIA chopper would have a good place to land in Pemberton, and that the Lillooet River (below) was easily accessible via snowmobile from the airstrip. Of course the river was frozen when Luke and Jessica barreled over it in their sled. But the setting works . (Guess I shouldn’t try and shoot while driving though, eh? (the camera, that is)

My Path: 40 mins run/walk.
My Beat: Just Can’t Get Enough — Depeche Mode. That one was a recommendation from a friend, and is a new and welcome addition to my playlist. I’m always looking for new tunes with a nice joggy beat … any ideas, please fire them my way!! Doesn’t matter the period, or the style, it just needs an energetic number of beats per minute (imagine running to it), and it needs to fire the soul

March 30, 2008

Yesss

I can post again — sort of. Pardon the break in the

RENEGADE photo-tour, but my site was migrated to a new server recently and the gremlins are causing problems.

Above is one of the places my RENEGADE hero, Luke Stone, loves to visit solo — the Whistler backcountry. This pic was shot last weekend, and it’s the sort of place Luke goes to take his own photos. It’s also where you will find my dh as often as he can help it

I hope to get back to regularly scheduled programming soon …

March 21, 2008

PEMBERTON – SEED POTATO CAPITAL

RENEGADE photo-tour: Above is a photo taken of Mount Currie from inside a Pemberton farm barn.  Again, it was shot last summer, and not in winter, the season in which THE HEART OF A RENEGADE unfolds, but it’s the place that served, in part, as inspiration for the barn from which Luke ‘liberates’ a flatbed truck and takes a pooch along for the ride.

Below is the same farm. Sunflower time, with Mount Currie as the backdrop.

And on the farm they had little yellow ducklings, two of which could fit into the palm of one hand.

March 20, 2008

RENEGADE PHOTO TOUR CONTINUES

RENEGADE photo-tour: Mount Currie above, looms majestic and haunting over the small farming community of Pemberton north of Whistler. This is where Luke and Jessica come to lay low for the night, and their motel was inspired, in part, by the Pemberton Hotel, below (shot on a research trip last summer)

A Mount Currie local makes an incredible array of bird sounds on the stairs of the hotel off-sales