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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.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Prelude To A Scream - Episode 14

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I just pushed Episode 14 of Prelude To A Scream (a podcast featuring my short fiction) out. It runs about 12 minutes. Episode 14 of Prel...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

HNT - Independent Since 1867

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I chatted a few posts back about t-shirts , particularly the pride one has in sporting t-shirts associated with a brand that one likes to be...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Kicking The Hornet's Nest

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Yesterday, Francine, Alexander and I popped into the Chapters in Ancaster as part of our regularly enjoyable family browse of books. (When ...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Fireworks Rant

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Fireworks are cool. Big, spectacular, wonderful firework shows high in the air that display intriguing patterns and timed launches coordinat...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

HNT - Naked Eyes 2010

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Today marks the 5th anniversary of a blogging ritual that I have been participating in since almost the beginning. I didn't start to do...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Never Judge A Book By Its Movie

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I've long been a fan of Josh Christie's blog Brews & Books and it's slogan "Read Great Books - Drink Great Beer."...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Bookstore Of The Future

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This evening at the Arts & Letters Club (14 Elm Street) in Toronto, I'll be sitting on a panel with four other people to talk about...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Top 10 Quotes From BookCamp Toronto

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On Saturday May 15, I had an absolute blast at the 2nd BookCamp Toronto . The theme for this "unconference" where everyone is welc...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

HNT - BNC Field Trip

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Yesterday, 99% of the BookNet Canada crew left the office in Toronto to come visit Titles Bookstore at McMaster University . It's not ...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Top 5 Ways To Overcome Writing Excuses

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This post is a direct response to yesterday's post covering the five reasons why a novel project I'd been working on isn't comp...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Top 5 Reasons Why The Novel Isn't Done

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Episode 10 of The Writing Show 's " Getting Published With Mark Leslie " reality series went live the other day. In celebrati...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Has It Really Been Four Years?

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The latest episode of " Getting Published With Mark Leslie " just went live on Paula B's The Writing Show podcast. Episode Te...
Friday, May 07, 2010

The One That Got Away

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Sometimes the most obvious things escape a person. All the clues can be right there and all it takes is putting them together, without much ...
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Thursday, May 06, 2010

HNT - It's My Birthday Too

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I spent the last two hours of my 40th year on the Night Fright Radio show . In studio with host Brent Holland, we talked about CAMPUS CHILLS...
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Night Fright on Campus

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Tonight on the Laurentian University campus, I'll be joining host Brent Holland in studio for a 2 hour show featuring horror fiction and...
Tuesday, May 04, 2010

A Good Man Isn't Hard To Find

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Every once in a while I wonder at why I bother taking time to "put myself out there" by composing blog posts about things that ar...
Monday, May 03, 2010

Birthday Worthy Moosehead Gift

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My 41st birthday is in just a couple of days. This past Friday I got the first birthday card of the year, as I usually do, from the good fo...
Sunday, May 02, 2010

Free Comic Book Day

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Yesterday, Francine and I brought Alexander to Free Comic Book Day at Big B Comics on Upper James in Hamilton. Free Comic Book Day is a s...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

When Technology Hinders Humans Work Around

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Recently on his blog, Seth Godin suggested in a blog post called "Empty your library" that people give or lend their copy of LINC...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

HNT - Eerie Resemblace

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This past weekend I was one of the author guests at EerieCon 12 in Niagara Falls, NY. EerieCon is always a fun weekend, filled with great c...
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