About

Thanks for visiting my website!  Here’s a bit of info about me…

In my former life I was a civil engineering professor – I used to spend most of my time either in front of a classroom talking about rivers, or traipsing around northern Canada studying rivers.  However, in 2014, I decided to take early retirement so that I could have time for the fun things in my life including writing, playing music, and spending time with my family.  I left the job and the big city (Edmonton, Alberta), and returned to live in a small town in my home province of New Brunswick on Canada’s east coast.

Like most other scientists, I’ve written and published many technical articles and reports;  however, I enjoy creative writing much more!  I’ve written a novel, “Defining Moments” as well as two little book of humourous short stories.  Please click on the covers below to find out more about them.

        

I also enjoy writing educational books… Here are a few you might like:

                

I love music and enjoy playing the guitar, ukulele, mandolin, and bodhran.  I am also learning to play the fiddle – but I have a feeling that it will be many years before I can actually say that “I play the fiddle”.  🙂

Here are some additional links that I hope you will check out:

My Facebook page: Faye Hicks

My Author Pages:

• on Amazon.com
• or Amazon.uk
• on Goodreads
• on Smashwords

Students in science and engineering might want to check out my blog on technical writing advice.

Early career academics who need a laugh and/or some humourous advice might want to check out my blog called Help for New Professors

For the cat lovers out there – here are some links to my “cat advice” articles on EzineArticles.com:

1. Success in the Multi-cat Family
2. How to Deal with a Destructive Cat
3. Choosing your New Cat – Some Dos and Don’ts
4. A Safe Holiday Season for Kitty

A list of my professional and academic awards.