J.P. Dusel Author

I recently had the honour (and thrill!) of being long-listed for the 2025 CBC Non-Fiction Prize. For someone like myself who has no formal training in writing, entering this contest felt like dropping a stone into a well not knowing if I would hear a sound to acknowledge my action. I think that may have…

Frequently, at the end of my YouTube morning yoga session, the instructor will suggest setting an intention for the day —a word or phrase that you can remind yourself of when you start to get off track. This morning I chose the word “productive”. It is September, after all; the kids are back in school,…

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, yet I truly enjoy the challenge of using descriptive language to paint a picture with words. My educational background is in visual art, and I believe that the skill in observation I developed while learning to draw influences my writing. One of my favourite lines…

At a recent book launch I attended, the author was asked if she was a planner or a pantser. The author smiled knowingly and explained for the benefit of those of us in the crowd who may not have understood the question. “It’s said that there are two types of writers, those who plan out…

I am excited to be joining this line-up of writers at the 6th Annual Wonder of Words literary festival. I will be reading a selection from Plain Jane Brown. Come and enjoy the beautiful gardens, browse the galleries, and listen to the voices of Saskatchewan.

It’s hard to believe that a year has come and gone since my first novel, Plain Jane Brown rolled off the press. Do they still use presses? I don’t know! What began as a distraction during the dark days of pandemic became a dream come true. I had always dreamed about writing a book but…

Jane hasn’t left Canada since her honeymoon thirty-five years ago. Now she is fifty-six, her husband has left her for a younger woman, and she is on her way to Cuba to try to “get her groove back,” as her friend Mavis put it. That is, if she ever had a groove to begin with.…