Welcome to FWPerry Creative Projects. Since retiring from being a high school guidance counsellor and teacher, I've had more time to be creative in a variety of ways.

I've always been a writer and at one time had regular columns in two local newspapers. Using the same title as one of my old columns, I moved it online, and on an irregular basis I posted an opinion blog ("web log"). Changes in offering a Wordpress blog led me to give that up.

With the time available in retirement, I also completed my first novel, and published it in October 2010. You can check out Approaching Storm on the Storm Novels site, and see some of the many comments I've received on the book. If it catches your interest, email me to arrange a copy being sent to you. Several readers suggested a sequel to the book, so in November 2011 the sequel Storm Passing came out. Check it out as well. It can be read by itself, but it's even better to get to know the characters in Approaching Storm first. I combined the two novels under the "Storm Novels" title, and combined the sites. Clicking on either book to the left will take you to it.

While publishing my novels, I learned the techniques needed to self-publish a quality book. For a time I was publishing books for others, but with changes in my computers, publishing program requirements, and escalating costs using a US book printer, I decided to get out of that enterprise.

Painting is another area that retirement opened up. Like writing, I had always dabbled in art, but in retirement took this to another level. My paintings were often displayed locally when we lived in southwestern Nova Scotia, but with our recent move to another province, I reduced any on hand to just a few for our own use. I'll continue to paint, though in a location away from the sea, I'm not sure what my focus will be in future!

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