Kay Gregory

Author

Good news!

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My newest short story, Blue Christmas, was published in early November in England’s Women’s Weekly Fiction Special. It is, very loosely, based on a long ago Christmas when my mother tried to cook a very large goose in an oven meant for a chicken. It didn’t exactly work, but we all  survived.  And guess why I no longer eat birds.

 In my last newsletter I mentioned that I would be attending a workshop given by the Vancouver Island Romance Writers. That happened in September, and the guest speaker, Shannon Mayer, was entertaining, hilarious and super-informative. She came with cupcakes too. I strongly recommend her books, as well as her cupcakes, to anyone who loves magic and Urban Fantasy.

 Since then I’ve stayed close to home because, unfortunately, my husband’s COPD doesn’t take kindly to travel. Happily, we’re both looking forward to  a visit from family very soon.  Baxter-dog is, of course, looking forward to extra food.

Greetings to all, and to all a good 2019.

~Kay

GOOD NEWS!

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In my last News I mentioned that I’d finally sent a new short story off to an editor and that I hoped she would like it.  She did! I’m delighted to report that my story, currently titled BLUE CHRISTMAS, will be published in England’s Women’s Weekly Fiction Special on November 1, 2018.  It’s been a while, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing one of my tales in print again. I hope my readers will like it too.

As we all know, it’s been an usually hot and smokey summer for a lot of Canada, and although I love the heat, my husband, Bob, doesn’t.  Neither do his lungs. Consequently, we haven’t managed any holidays this year.  However, I am hoping to spend a few days in Nanaimo in September when the Vancouver Island Romance Writers are holding a one day conference. This will fit in perfectly with a  visit to my son, Nathan, and his wife, Barbara, along with their five cats. Yes, we have five grandcats. Their names are Selke, Oscar, Raven, Smuge and Luna.  Our Baxter-dog wouldn’t approve if he knew, so I shan’t tell him.

Wishing everyone a cool and peaceful conclusion to our hot summer and a happy beginning to Fall 2018.

~Kay

A Happy Day!

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For the first time in a while I’ve completed a new short story and sent it off to an editor. It’s a great feeling after months when life and the loss of several old friends has interfered with any writerly instincts. Fingers crossed the editor will like it. Meanwhile I’m working on another story.
Bob and I celebrated our special anniversary in April. In the end we decided against the humongous party we’d had in mind  and settled happily for a small family party at our favourite Greek restaurant. Seems our enthusiasm for humongous anything has declined over the years. Small is definitely beautiful.  The same is likely to apply to our holiday plans for this year. In other words, we haven’t made any yet, although we do hope to visit Nathan and Barbara in Nanaimo after they’ve recovered from their latest home renovations. Perhaps by then the deer will have finished eating the garden and the goldfish will be thriving in their new pond.
Good wishes to all for a warm and happy summer enjoying lots of good books.
Kay

Spring is here!

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Spring is at last on its way and we’re looking forward to flowers and sun instead of snow and rain.

Adrian has returned from his February trip to Iceland and hopes to return at a time of year less prone to stormy weather. In general, he enjoyed his time there. Icelandic food not so much.

Nathan and Barbara have almost come to the end of house renovations and plan on a less chaotic spring.

Bob and I soldier on and are looking forward to a rather special anniversary in April. Have we really been married so long? It was surely only a few years ago that we attended a dog club banquet in Victoria and saw each other across a crowded room … Actually I looked at him and thought, ‘Oh. Bell Bottoms.”  He was in the navy at the time.  He looked at me and thought, “Oh. Blue stockings.” I was into colorful stockings at a time when colorful legs were definitely OUT. Our clothing may have changed since those days but, hey, we’re still together.

While I try to decide which story to work on next, I hope you will enjoy MARRIED TO DECEIVE, MARRIED TIMES TWO and MARRIED TO A STRANGER  from my Reluctant Brides series, which will continue to be available on Amazon, eReader sites and Barnes and Noble.