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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.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

HNT - MP3

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I know this was the theme from several weeks ago, but I couldn't help revisit it, particularly given my rediscovery of the joys of liste...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Happy 50th Birthday Lego

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Oh man - it's just like me to forget Lego's birthday yesterday. Sigh. I never mailed a card or even called; but I hope it's ok...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

Alas Poor Throat, I Coated It Well

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Yesterday I recorded what will be episode 6 of the reality series on The Writing Show podcast with host Paula B. It was an interesting few...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Da Count - Talk To The Finger

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I recently finished reading Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss , an overview of the rudeness of modern life and the ultimate collapse of socie...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

HNT - RainyMark

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Last Friday night my friend and fellow blogger RainyPete came over with his new video camera so that we could film a short spoof of my AOL ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I Love Mark Leslie

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When my sci-fi anthology North of Infinity II went to remainder status a couple of weeks ago on the chapters.indigo.ca website, I also did ...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Dances With Audiobooks

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I'm rediscovering, for about the fifth time in the past two years, the joys of listening to audio books. One of the resolutions I made ...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

HNT - TiT - Farmer Jones And Me

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Terror in Toyland (TiT) - An HNT Adventure by Mark Leslie Continued from this post Farmer Jones steered the tractor in Mark's direction,...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

7 Things Tag

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Imp recently tagged me with a meme in which I have to tell 7 things about myself that I haven't talked about before on my blog. That...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

For In That Loss Of Sleep What Dreams Might Come

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Because I work full time, I often get up early to get in some short writing time in before heading off for work. Most days it's usually...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

Remaindered -- And It Feels So Good

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Ack! I've just been remaindered! Let me rephrase that. The science fiction anthology North of Infinity II , has been remaindered. Havi...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

HNT - Super Writer

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This week's HNT picture is pulled from the archives and was inspired by Lime's response to my posting about the AOL Commercial I was...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Wheeling & Stealing

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I just read a news short about two men in New York City who were arrested after wheeling a dead friend in an office chair through the stree...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Focus On My Craft

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Each new year brings with it resolutions to do better, be better. I often resolve different things regarding writing goals -- of course, ke...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

HNT - Alexander Leslie Photographer At Large

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This year for Christmas, Santa brought Alexander a digital camera. It's one designed perfectly for a three year old by Fisher Price and...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Best Laid Plans

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You have to laugh. Otherwise, what else have you got but half your body covered in a vomit mixed concoction of chewed carrots, baloney and ...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

Favourite Books Read in 2007

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I stole the idea of posting the best books I have read this year from Brian Keene 's blog. And, like all cool ideas, I thought I'd...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

HNT - Favourite HNT of 2007

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The last HNT of the year is where we re-post our favourite HNT picture from the previous 12 months. I picked my favourite picture (from thi...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Hip Hip Hooray For Christmas Vacation

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Having worked in retail for over 15 years I'm still not used to having a Christmas vacation. In most other retail environments, even wh...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Da Count - Oral Storytelling

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Last night, Francine and I went to see Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe Christmas Concert. It has become a tradition to go see Stuart's ...
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