Mark Leslie's Blog

Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Come On Baby Start My Kindle

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Gutenburg's invention of the printing press responsible for the creation of the "modern" book has been modified and certainly ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

HNT - TiT - Strike Zone

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Terror in Toyland (TiT) - An HNT Adventure by Mark Leslie Continued from this post [ PRODUCER'S NOTE : Mark has been lying to readers o...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Courting The Muse

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It was the middle of the summer when this new idea for a story came to me. When I started working the details out in my head, I realized it...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

A Pittance of Time

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The song " A Pittance of Time " was written by Terry Kelly in 1999 after Kelly witnessed a man with his child ignoring the two mi...
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Lest We Forget

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row , That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing...
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Thursday, November 08, 2007

HNT - Getting Wrecked Halifax Style

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This past week I was in Halifax for a Campus Stores Canada symposium. We worked hard during the day in the workshops and seminars and educa...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Planes To Catch And Bills To Pay

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The past few weeks I've been on more than the usual amount of out of town business trips. Last night after a wonderful day's worth ...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Gloom Of Night

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I'm enjoying being out in Halifax for two main reasons. The people and the people. Sounds redundant, but it's not. First, the peo...
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Friday, November 02, 2007

Halifax, Here I Come

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I'm getting on a plane this morning and flying out to Halifax for a Campus Stores Canada conference. Definitely looking forward to that...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

HNT - Halloween 2007

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So sad that Halloween is just a single night. Unlike Christmas, where Christmas Eve is a special evening, but you still have that very speci...
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Friday, October 26, 2007

Da Count - Cousin Craig

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My cousin Craig (standing in the foreground in the picture to the left) and I grew up in the same small town in Northern Ontario -- His hous...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

HNT - Four Seasons

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Earlier this week I spent a couple of nights in Vancouver for a business meeting. The meetings took place at the Four Seasons . I quite en...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Please Don't Feed The Writer

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I did a book signing last night at the Chapters on Robson and Howe in Vancouver. Every time I find myself sitting at that lonely author tabl...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Book Signing Today in Vancouver

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This is just a reminder for anyone who happens to be in the downtown Vancouver area today and looking for a fun pre-Halloween chill that I w...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

Writers Talking Season Finale Contest

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Earlier today I was part of the live recorded podcast writers talking with host Matthew Wayne Selznick and author Matt Wallace . Our topi...
Friday, October 19, 2007

Da Count - Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad

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I'm quite delighted that my story "Browsers" will be appearing in the forthcoming anthology Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of ...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

HNT - Murder Most Foul

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A few weeks ago, I posted a picture of myself lying dead on the floor at the bookstore where I work, crushed under a pile of books. It was...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Guest On Writers Talking

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This coming Saturday (October 20th to be exact), I'll be joining horror author Matt Wallace and host Matthew Wayne Selznick for a roun...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Afternoon At Lindley's

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On Sunday, Francine, Alexander and I spent the day at Lindley's Pumpkin Farm. It's always a fun time there, going on a hay ride behi...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

Da Count - Eleven Years

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Eleven years ago today Francine and I were married. Not only am I continually shocked that this incredible, wonderful and gorgeous woman som...
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