Dorene Meyer
My blogs
| Occupation | Author, Editor, Mentor and Writing Instructor |
|---|---|
| Location | Norway House, Manitoba, Canada |
| Introduction | M. D. Meyer is the award-winning author of Lewis, Jasmine, The Little Ones, Pilot Error, Deep Waters, Colin’s Choice, Get Lost! and Meet Manitoba Children’s Authors and the editor of ten anthologies, Prairie Writers, volumes 1, 2, 3, Northern Writers, volume 1 and 2, The Voice Behind the Mask, Isle of Mirage, Remember Me, Squirrel Tales and Rabbit Trails and Young Aboriginal Voices. M. D. Meyer has also been a contributor to the best-selling anthology, Hot Apple Cider and the newly released A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider. Dorene currently resides in Norway House, MB, where she is a part-time instructor at University College of the North. Dorene has also recently begun her own publishing company, Goldrock Press, with the primary aim of publishing authors from Northern Manitoba. One of Goldrock Press’ books, Tansi, by Flora Rideout, was shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of Year Award. Dorene has also won awards for her own books. Most recently, she won the Romance book of the year award at the 2011 Canadian Christian Writing Awards in Toronto, Ontario for the book, Jasmine. |
| Interests | Christian, wife, grandma, author – in that order – lol – when grandkids around, I don’t notice anyone else! I write as M. D. Meyer. Publisher: Word Alive Press. |
| Favorite Movies | Amazing Grace, Life is Beautiful, Night at the Museum, Support Your Local Sheriff, Cars, Alex and Emma, Stranger than Fiction |
| Favorite Music | OLD western like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, contemporary worship like Delirious or Jars of Clay, Native Christian music like Rising Above band, just about anything else except opera or stuff with lots of violins in it! |
| Favorite Books | The Bible (I like Good News for reading larger portions and my Thompson Chain reference for finding verses), The Case of William Smith by Patricia Wentworth, the Cape Refuge series by Terri Blackstock, the FBI series by Catherine Coulter |