Sunday, September 17, 2017

Dark Tales on the Street

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Thanks to the support of my publisher ( Dundurn ) and the Ontario Media Development Corporation , I was able to accept the request from the ...
Monday, September 04, 2017

Earning Money From Re-Cycled Short Stories

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The other day I cashed yet another check from McGraw-Hill Ryerson for a short story. The check was for $29.24 - which doesn't seem lik...
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Saturday, September 02, 2017

A Haunted 5K Run in Hamilton

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Almost by accident this morning, I discovered a neat way to turn a run into a historic haunted run. It started when I left my apartment, ...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

A Recipe for Author Collaboration

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Because I do so much writing for the Kobo Writing Life blog as well as Spirits Untapped , I haven't been updating this blog as often. (...
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...