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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, February 26, 2009

HNT - I'm On A Roll

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It's " RRRoll up the rim to win " time again at Tim Hortons . There are two seasons in Canada. "Roll up the Rim" sea...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

100 Terrifying New England Tales

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The other day I received my copy of the Northern Haunts anthology from Shroud Publishing edited by Tim Deal that contains my short story ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

HNT - Nekkid Espresso

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We're doing inventory at work this week. Which means it's a pretty crazy, busy week. However, we got ahead of schedule a bit yester...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Family Pajama Day

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We spent most of today in our pajamas. It's like one of the patented " Hugh Hefner " days that Alexander and I enjoy having. ...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Sleep With One Eye Open

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It's like something out of Metallica 's "Enter Sandman" song, inviting you to sleep with one eye open, clutching your pill...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

HNT - Valentine Memory

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I recently won a local radio contest where they asked people to tell the story of how you first met your sweetheart. The prize was a tour ...
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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Talk820 Morning Interview

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Yesterday morning, Jason & Jodi from Talk820 and I had a chat about the Espresso Book Machine at Titles Bookstore McMaster University...
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Friday, February 06, 2009

It's Never Too Late For A Good Review

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It's never too late for a good review. I found a recently posted review of an anthology I edited back in 2006. Yeah sure, the book is th...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

HNT - Curse Of The Tall

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One of the side-effects of being tall are the occasional head-wounds suffered when one forgets to properly duck through doorways, entrances,...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Shiver Me Timbers

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I received the contributor copy of Champagne Shivers 2009 the other day, which contains my short story "Captive Audience." The ma...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Snow Fun

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It's snowing lightly as I write this, and gosh darn it but I'm completely delighted. I know that usually by this time of year people...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

HNT - A Custom Book For Your Sweetheart

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When you own an Espresso Book Machine , there's no end to the fun you can have creating custom books of your own or using public domain ...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Kathleen Robertson's Sweaty Pits

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Occasionally I'll take a quick look through people who land on my blog based on certain keyword search results. The queries that direct...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Pow! Right Between The Eyes!

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I like that title. I particularly like the way in which the author of this book, Andy Nulman , is going about promoting it. Andy Nulman has...

HNT - Erotic Horror

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Since Half Nekkid Thursdays are about exposure, I thought it might be appropriate to do something a little different this week. Rather than...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Balanced Mailbox

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The week didn't start off so nice with one story submission rejection via email and another one in my mailbox yesterday. But the painful...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

HNT - Magazine Shot

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This week I figured I'd post a picture from the latest issue, the Winter 2009 issue of The McMaster Times (The Newsmagazine for McMaste...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

How Books Are Made

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I saw this hilarious video on BookNinja and had to share it. Hmm, I wonder how many people watching this believe most of this is true.....?
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

2nd Canadian Book Challenge - Midpoint Checkup

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Several months ago, I joined the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge . The originator ( John Mutford ), challenged bloggers to read (and write abou...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Working For The Weekend

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A buddy of mine from university recently posted a reference to an old Loverboy song in his status update. It's one of those types of F...
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