WAYSIDE CROSSES WERE EVERYWHERE IN QUEBEC
Rarely did Raoul Poulin pray. He walked to the bend in Big Mountain Row and turned the corner, his target an old wooden wayside cross… Read More »WAYSIDE CROSSES WERE EVERYWHERE IN QUEBEC
Joyce Derenas is a historical fiction author who writes stories based on the real lives of her French-Canadian ancestors of the Beauce Valley in Quebec.
Rarely did Raoul Poulin pray. He walked to the bend in Big Mountain Row and turned the corner, his target an old wooden wayside cross… Read More »WAYSIDE CROSSES WERE EVERYWHERE IN QUEBEC
In one scene from the newly published novel, the long shot: a french canadian saga – book 1, Yukon Pacific Mining Company’s boss Weasel sits… Read More »Bannock and Caribou Stew Brings a Smile to Roughshod Mining Owner
On a mild winter’s day, icy air would blow into the cabins, only chinked with moss. Sometimes with the summer thaw, a cabin might move… Read More »Beans Not Always a Comfort in the Gold Fields
YOOPs put a halt to atrocities in the cold north During the early years of gold prospecting, villainy ruled the cruel wilderness of the north.… Read More »YOOPs put a halt to atrocities in the cold north
In a newly released adventure story, the long shot: a french canadian saga – book 1 by historical fiction author Joyce Derenas, several characters speak… Read More »Misspellings in Dialog of Novel Reflect Timbre of Characters
Ignace’s main feature an old steam warping tugboat. “Alligator, they called it, on accounta it moved in water, then crawled up on land,” an old… Read More »Alligator Roams the shores of Ignace
I’m so pleased to announce that the Chelmsford Public Library has graciously vetted my book and added it to their collection. What a wonderful surprise.… Read More »New novel acquired by library
One ghost town after another appeared. How had all these villages come to nothing? .It seemed the world had come to an end. The only… Read More »The Great Clay Belt rich in red ochre
Pressure built throughout the day. More wagons were bringing in equipment and rescuers to the explosion site. If Nazaire’s brother was part of the crew… Read More »Rescues on Sulphur Creek encourage a rescuer’s hopes