Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Capital Gets A Bit Creepier

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My latest non-fiction paranormal exploration, CREEPY CAPITAL is now on bookstore shelves. Come along with paranormal raconteur Mark Le...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

May the Fourth Be With You And Other Nerdy Greetings

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May the fourth be with you. I always enjoy this early day in May, but it makes me think about other sci-fi or nerdy greetings, introductor...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Sadder Still To Watch It Die Than Never To Have Known It

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I fondly remember those teenage years when I would put on a Rush album, sit there holding the album in my hands, marveling at the overall s...
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Saturday, April 09, 2016

There's Snow Story Like A Snowman Story

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For years now, some of my most popularly received published stories include a couple of snowman tales that I have written. Both tales, inspi...
Monday, March 28, 2016

This Author's Earnings

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I have been a writer since I was about thirteen years old and spent the summer hammering out a fantasy adventure novel on my Mom's old U...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Life Reflected in Art

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I've been reflecting all day on the fact that it has been thirteen years since my Dad died. A few nights ago, when he was feverish and...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Evasion in Audio

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I recently worked with a professional audio production company to create an audiobook version of my thriller EVASION. The narration is do...
Friday, January 08, 2016

My 2015 in Beer: Top 5 Beers, Top Bars and Venues

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Apart from being a lover of books, I've also long been a lover of beer. And in the past 10 years or so, I've enjoyed making an eff...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

My 2015 in Writing

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As I used to (and have skipped writing up for the past couple of years), I thought it might be useful to outline some of my writing goals, a...
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Monday, January 04, 2016

My 2015 In Reading

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Wow. So I only posted 3 articles to my blog in 2015. And I didn't even do the annual summation of the books I had read the year before e...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Fourteen Years Ago

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Fourteen years ago a dramatic and terrible series of events occurred, 2996 people lost their lives, and the world was forever changed. Pr...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

A Dozen Years, A Lifetime of Memories

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Twelve years ago today I lost my father. For the longest time, losing my father had been my greatest fear. The first full length novel I w...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Memories of Uncle Peter

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Last night, I had a few beers at my favourite local watering hole and toasted the memory of Uncle Peter. Peter Dusick passed away a coupl...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Silly Christmas Lyric Meme: Twas The Night Before Christmas

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Years ago I started a silly Christmas lyric meme where I take a song we hear countless times during the holiday season and discuss somet...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Post NaNo Chat

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So I made it through another NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), hitting the 50,000 word mark but not quite finishing off the novel I...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Playing The Lemons You're Dealt

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I was recently up at my Mom's house in Levack. I've been spending a lot of time there lately as I help her sort through some health ...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Ode On A Traveler Mug

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So yesterday, in my rush to get my son to school and get onto my Hamilton to Toronto commute, I left my traveler coffee mug on the kitchen c...
Monday, December 01, 2014

The Eleventh Hour

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So I made it through another NaNoWriMo. As predicated, I fell behind mid month. I hit a slump that I couldn't seem to pull myself out ...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

NaNo OhOh!

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This morning, I'm about to continue working on the first draft of a novel that I've decided to write during NaNoWriMo (National Nov...