Hi again. Just in case you’re wondering, I’ve never been a reporter but I have worked for newspapers and with reporters. In fact, I worked for one of the local newspapers in Whitehorse, the Yukon city featured in On Her Trail. I took liberties with physical location of the office, along with its name and oh, just about everything else, but one thing I didn’t take liberties with: my belief that reporters can be dogged and fearless, and willing to risk almost anything to get the truth out.
People always seem curious about by name: Marcelle Dubé. Yes, I am French-Canadian. (I used to say I was half-French, until a boyfriend-du-jour said, “Yeah, the bottom half.” ::sigh:: ) It might interest you to know that there is a famous Québec playwright by the name of Marcel Dubé (male) and a well-known Québec painter also named Marcelle Dubé (female). What can I say? It’s all in the name!
All for now. I’ve enjoyed blogging (my first experience!) and hope you’ve enjoyed it, too. Come visit me at www.marcelledube.com, or on Facebook and Twitter. It’s been nice getting to know you!
Giveaways:
1 digital copy of the author’s book will be given away to a blog commenter, a twitter commenter and a Facebook commenter (for a total of 3 copies). Nothing is required of you for this, though you are welcome to mention it in your blog posts.
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Well, that’s interesting when you’re talking about “making a name for yourself”
Thanks for blogging today!
Is it proncounced like Marcie? or Mark?
I think it’s pretty and though I like the sound of french-I have a neice who speaks it-I know NOTHING of French!!
…I’m mostly Irish, with some Scottish, German and probably English. Now that I’m married, I like to say I have a some Italian in me… just not right now. *wink* Haha.
Thanks for your interest, Fedora!
Wicked Bethanne! My name has a soft “c”, as in Marcie.
It sounds like the perfect name for a writer. Love it.
Another great cover from Carina too. Looking forward to Reading it!
Thanks for blogging!
It’s a wonderful name. I had a classmate named Marcelle (I’m from the Netherlands) and I always like names with a French ring to it. They sound so sophisticated
I really enjoyed your blogging debut. Interesting topics and a wonderful excerpt.
Love the name – not sure what the boyfriend de jour meant by the “bottom half”
and I happen to agree about reporters being dogged,fearless and willing to do almost anything to get the truth out.
Thanks for hanging out with us, Marcelle.
I am part French-Canadian, and I’m a reporter. Not an investigative reporter though. So this sounds intriguing!
Yvette, you sound intriguing yourself!