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*Today's post was contributed by Frank Talaber. Frank and I met earlier this year through the Federation of BC Writers organization and I'm pleased to share his article with you here today. Frank grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and current ly lives in Chilliwack, BC. He is a semi-retired licensed automotive technician and shop owner, but his heart and soul is writing. To date he has produced over fifty articles and short stories. and fifteen novels . Visit him on Amazon at:  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00UC407R0 Check out his website at:  https:// franktalaberpublishedauthor. wordpress.com/ Why My Novel Is The Number One Squirrel Hors D’oeuvre Who has ever read the classic Winds of Change  by Henry P. Samuels? The literary classic that has spanned the realm of the last century, won the Pulitzer prize, generated numerous spinoff series, made into movies and TV series, like The Changing Winds , or The Breeze Blows In Another Direction Today...

Valerie Green was born and educated in England where her love of history, writing about the past and travel began as a child. After graduating from the Journalism School in London, she worked as a cub reporter on a local newspaper. She also worked briefly at Foyles Book Store in London and at the War Office (MI5.) before becoming a legal secretary. In 1968, she moved to Victoria, BC (Canada), intending to work and only stay a year, but she met her future husband and they raised a son and a daughter together. Valerie continued to pursue a career as a freelance writer, columnist, and author of over twenty historical non-fiction books set in the Pacific Northwest, and true crime books. Valerie and I met recently through the Federation of B.C. Writers organization, but she is involved in several other groups including the Writers’ Union of Canada . Her passions for  heritage and heritage homes is met through her work with  the Saanich Arts, Culture & Heritage Committee...