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ENJOYING "MEXICAN FOLLIES" ON A MEXICAN BEACH

Here's our latest WordPress post from Moomor Publishing.

Canadian friends from our Mexican days are back in Mexico as snowbirds and spending some time in La Peñita on the Pacific where we RV’d for some time in 2004 and wrote about in our newly published book, Mexican Follies. Here’s our recent message exchange and the accompanying photo they sent. What a nice gift! “Hola Gayle, We are enjoying the wonderful weather in La Penita and meeting some of the…

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A Photo A Week Challenge: Blue and White

Thanks, James, for another fine photo of Ian’s hometown area. He had Campbeltown’s mountain, Beinn Ghuilean (or Ben Guillion as Ian and others sometimes spell it), in mind when he penned his short story “The Moonlit Meeting” which can be read  by going to that section of our blog. Ian describes the background to his story thus: “I wrote this short story around 2001 when I was living in Pictou,…

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BODY AND SPIRIT: LIFE'S LESSONS REINFORCED

Through the years, Gayle has shared the following with friends who are recovering from accidents or lengthy hospitalizations. Sunday she learned another friend was coping with a fractured ankle after falling on skis as she was getting off a chair lift and was jostled or startled by an over-anxious skate boarder. Here’s to a good healing, Pat! Gayle can’t blame a skate boarder for a previous…

BODY AND SPIRIT: LIFE'S LESSONS REINFORCED

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Writers Exchange Interview with Author Ian Moore-Morrans

This post is long overdue, but Gayle is in the process of updating this website and realized that this “blast from the past” hadn’t been documented for Moomor Publishing yet. Thus, here it is – an interview of author Ian Moore-Morrans from the publishers at Writers Exchange EPublishing (WEE), an Australian book publishing company who published Ian’s first book Metal Machining Made Easy, first in…

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"Why I Write - My Writing Journey" - AN INVITATION TO VOTE AGAIN FOR IAN MOORE-MORRANS, A FINALIST IN THE AUTHOR'S SHOW CONTEST "50 GREAT WRITERS YOU SHOULD BE READING"

On September 18, 2013 we blogged an invitation to vote for Ian Moore-Morrans as he entered the first phase of The Authors Show 2013-1014 contest “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” which ended on November 1st.  We greatly appreciate any and all votes cast. Enough of you did vote for him so that now Ian is a finalist in the second (and final) phase of the contest. This is an invitation to…

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HUMOR AND A GOOD LAUGH CAN HELP YOU DEAL WITH LIFE -- "More Than Slightly Sloshed"

Yesterday we received our copy of 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading, 2013-2014. Very nicely done and interesting reading about other writers and how they came to write. Ian is featured among the 50 writers, all chosen by public vote after reading writer’s essays about “How I Write”. The writers had all previously been interviewed on The Authors Show about a specific book they had written.…

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LOCATION WRITING AT A BEACH

LOCATION WRITING AT A BEACH

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NOW AVAILABLE - MEXICAN FOLLIES

As of October 23, 2024, MEXICAN FOLLIES, Moomor Publishing’s sixth book, is now available for purchase worldwide on all amazon sites. Just go to your local amazon site and search for “Mexican Follies” and the book’s details should come up on your screen. Some of the prices for this new book from sites that have previously sold our books are as follows:amazon.com – US$14.99amazon.ca –…

NOW AVAILABLE - MEXICAN FOLLIES

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"Just Be Present" to Comfort a Hurting Person

The confluence of horrific news of a recent tractor/trailer and bus crash (on Canada One Highway in Manitoba and Highway 5 last week which caused 15 deaths and 10 serious injuries) with the annual Father’s Day observance on Sunday, June 18 (in which I celebrated my own father who tragically died 60 years ago in a car crash) has led me to reactivate this blog which has stood dormant for too long.…

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Sharing A Launch and Some Reviews of Our Latest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of A Scottish Nomad

Sharing A Launch and Some Reviews of Our Latest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of A Scottish Nomad

Gayle poses during her book launch beside a photo of her late husband Ian Moore-Morrans who was the main author of the memoir, Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad. FINALLY: A BOOK LAUNCH!!!! Co-Author/Editor Gayle Moore-Morrans celebrated as she launched Moomor Publishings’ latest book on the Amenities Floor at FRED DOUGLAS PLACE, her seniors’ residence in Winnipeg, on September…

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“A Man’s A Man For A’ That” An Ordinary Scotsman Shares Extraordinary Journey in Final Memoir

“A Man’s A Man For A’ That” An Ordinary Scotsman Shares Extraordinary Journey in Final Memoir

Robert Burns Day, January 25, is an appropriate time to post this recent press release. Some of Burns’ poetry as well as the Winnipeg Burns Club feature in several of the stories therein. If you haven’t got your copy yet, it’s not too late! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE [Winnipeg, MB – January 12, 2021] In this month of celebrating the birthday of Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns, a new…

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MY AMERICAN-CANADIAN CHRISTMAS EVE - 2020

MY AMERICAN-CANADIAN CHRISTMAS EVE – 2020

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A Virtual Interview About Moomor Publishing's Newest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

A Virtual Interview About Moomor Publishing’s Newest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

Can you briefly summarize your book?

This sequel to Ian Moore-Morrans’ first memoir, From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada, continues the story of an ordinary, yet truly extraordinary Scotsman and his endeavours to survive and thrive as an immigrant to and eventual citizen in a new country, CANADA. The full extent of Ian’s “nomadic” ways is both fascinating and stunning. From…

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A Virtual Interview About Moomor Publishing's Newest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

A Virtual Interview About Moomor Publishing’s Newest Book: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

  Can you briefly summarize your book?

This sequel to Ian Moore-Morrans’ first memoir, From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada, continues the story of an ordinary, yet truly extraordinary Scotsman and his endeavours to survive and thrive as an immigrant to and eventual citizen in a new country, CANADA. The full extent of Ian’s “nomadic” ways is both fascinating and…

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***NOW AVAILABLE*** Enjoy the Teaser Trailer Video for Our New Book - Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

***NOW AVAILABLE*** Enjoy the Teaser Trailer Video for Our New Book – Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad is now available for order (as of September 16, 2020) at the FriesenPress Bookstore. Here is the direct link: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000144906234

As well as being available on the FriesenPress Bookstore, the book is now officially available for purchase through Ingram’s global network of over 50,000…

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Coming Soon: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

Coming Soon: Came To Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad

Exciting News! I’ve just begun the publishing process for Ian’s and my fifth book! Second time publishing with FriesenPress. The next weeks and months will mean continuing on with keeping my nose to the computer and now dealing with their publishing consultant. I’ll keep everyone apprised of the progression. Title of the book: “Came to Canada, Eh? Adventures of a Scottish Nomad.” It covers Ian’s…

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A Writer's Unique Opportunity to Contribute to His Own Celebration of Life

A Writer’s Unique Opportunity to Contribute to His Own Celebration of Life

Author Ian Moore-Morrans died on February 22, 2019. (Reference the previous blogpost containing his obituary.) Since his daughter and her husband had left for a three-week trip to Hawaii early in the morning of the day he died, Ian’s wife, editor and sometimes co-author Gayle had a unique opportunity to prepare a script to be used for Ian’s Celebration of Life which was then scheduled to take…

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