Monday, June 12, 2017

So Long Chapters Ancaster, And Thanks For All The Books

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I arrived home this evening to an interesting invitation for a new bookstore that is opening, or rather re-opening in Ancaster. My heart a...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Public Lending Rights Payment for Canadian Authors

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Today I received my annual cheque (or check for Americans) from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Public Lending Rights Commission. ...
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Saturday, February 18, 2017

The Boy Inside The Man

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My twelve-year old son and I spent the morning today playing Minecraft, where, under his leadership, I was reacquainted with how to do the b...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas from Mark and Barnaby

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Wishing you and yours all the best this holiday season! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Ontario Triangle

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With the recent release of my latest book, Creepy Capital , I spent some time on the road doing various promotions. I started in Ottawa to l...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Spring 2016 Promotional Travel - Part Three - Sudbury

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As I have been reflecting on the past few days, this weekend that just passed was the first weekend in the past three weeks where I haven...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Spring 2016 Promotional Travel - Part Two - Niagara Falls

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As mentioned in yesterday's post, this is the first weekend in the past three weeks where I haven't been traveling to promote my bo...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Spring 2016 Promotional Travel - Part One - Ottawa

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This is the first Saturday in the past three weeks where I haven't been traveling to promote my books. This will be the first of a serie...
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...