Thursday, July 29, 2010

HNT - Hanging With Tom Over The Years

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Last Friday night my good friend Tom Potts was in town for an evening. He had a stag/golf tournament to attend in Niagara Falls relatively e...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Connecting With Fans And Editors

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Back at the end of May I was fortunate enough not only to get to sit with and introduce Shelagh Rogers , the master of ceremonies for the 20...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Feel Like a SMUG of Coffee?

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I was recently reading on ReadWriteWeb about a company called Smug Coffee that offers the world's first smart mug (or "smug"...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

HNT - When Bad Things Lead To Good People

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Last Thursday was a busy day for me. I worked at the store all day, then had a 4:00 PM business meeting in downtown Toronto, and then when t...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I Write Like Mark Leslie

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Last week a website called I Write Like went viral through various online social networks and was particularly popular among the writing co...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

The Book Is Not Dead: It Just Had Babies

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A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about the popular #dearpublisher Twitter tag. I, of course, joked how it was going to give publishers ...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Dear Publisher (#dearpublisher): Please Publish Me

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Okay, I couldn't resist the cheeky play on words in my title.  But it was amazing to see the #dearpublisher hashtag in Twitter completel...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

HNT - Back Of My Neck

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This week's HNT is brought to you by a hot, humid summer and The Lovin' Spoonful . Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck g...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Sh*t That I Shat

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I saw a post on Quillblog yesterday entitled "Sh*t some publishers put out" written by Steven W. Beattie involving the "car...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Simple Yet Effective Marketing

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I've long been impressed with the simple yet effective marketing employed by BIG B COMICS in Hamilton. Yes, they have their email newsl...
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Friday, July 09, 2010

Duck Guy Makes A New Friend

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Last night we were having a late dinner at the kitchen counter when I looked out the back door to see a tiny bird sitting on a pink pool nod...
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Thursday, July 08, 2010

HNT - My Son's Sixth Birthday

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Six years and one day ago my life changed dramatically when my son was born.  Prior to that, the best day of my life was fourteen years ago ...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Gotta Nice Little Story You're Working On There?

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I motored through several thousand words on A CANADIAN WEREWOLF IN NEW YORK this morning.  As I approach the final section of the novel, wit...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

3rd Canadian Book Challenge Results

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For 2009/2010 (starting and ending on Canada Day each year) I participated in the 3rd annual Canadian Book Challenge .  Of course, I wasn...
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Thursday, July 01, 2010

HNT - Happy Canada Day, Eh!

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Happy Canada Day! I thought for this week's HNT I'd flash back 20 or so years to some Canada Day/summer shots from many years ago. Y...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

This Moose Be My Real Reason

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My Dad's birthday was yesterday. Had he still been alive, he would have been 73. He was a passionate fisherman and absolutely loved and ...
Monday, June 28, 2010

You're David Sawooki!

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The other day when I arrived home from work, Alexander greeted me downstairs with his arms crossed tightly across his chest and a stern look...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Earthquake Devastation In Toronto

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On Wednesday a 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocked a broad region of southern Ontario and surrounding northern US states. Many of my friends and...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

HNT - Daddy's Little Helper

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This past Sunday was Father's Day. Now don't you just love uselessly obvious statements like that? NEWSFLASH: the third Sunday in ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

How DO You Find New Stuff To Read?

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Laura Miller has an interesting and intriguing post in a column from Salon.com about The Democratization of Slush . With a sub-line of ...