Monday, March 26, 2018

Announcing FREE FRIDAY FRIGHTS

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Starting on Friday April 6th I will be starting a weekly feature that I'm calling FREE FRIDAY FRIGHTS. It'll be hosted on my mai...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

New Directions in Self-Publishing

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I'm going to be speaking in a panel discussion on the topic of NEW DIRECTIONS IN SELF-PUBLISHING on Tuesday March 27, 2018 in Toronto, ...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Podcast: Three Things That Are Wrong with Self-Publishing

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A few weeks back I reflected a bit about things that I saw wrong with indie or self-publishing. Don't get me wrong, I first embraced ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Cat Fight Blooper Clip

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As I was interviewing Natasha Bajema , the author of BIONIC BUG, for a forthcoming episode of my Stark Reflections on Writing and Publi...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Podcast: Do You Hear What I Hear?

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In my ongoing Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing podcast series, I recent interviewed Kelly Lytle from Findaway Voices about ...
Thursday, February 08, 2018

Superstars Writing Seminars 2018

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I attended Superstars Writing Seminars this past week as a guest instructor. Superstars Founding Faculty Members (F) and Guest Instruc...
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Monday, January 29, 2018

Returning to Lincoln City

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I will be returning to Lincoln City at the end of February as part of the WMG Publishing Fiction River Anthology workshop. This is one of ...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Podcast: Optimizing Your Author Brand with Robert J. Sawyer

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The latest episode of my Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast features an interview with Canadian science fiction author Rob...
Monday, January 22, 2018

A (Super) Brief History of Publishing

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I was asked, several years ago, to be one of the guest speakers at The Writers of the Future for the 30th Annual Awards Ceremony in Los Ange...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Hemingway And His Cats Have Nothing on Me

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So I was writing in the study (a beautiful book-lined room with the requisite desk, computer, reading chair and comfy love-seat coach, not t...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Podcast: Stark Reflections on Capturing Reading Data via eBooks

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In the third episode of the Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast, Mark interviews Sinead McElhinney, PR Coordinator on ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Podcast: Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Episode 2: Living the Healthy Writer's Life with Joanna Penn

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In Episode 2 of the Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing podcast, Mark interviews Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn about her...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Virtual Talk/Presentation - Understanding the Business of Writing & Publishing

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On Wednesday January 17, 2018 I will be leading a virtual talk/presentation called Understanding the Business of Writing & Publishing ....
Monday, January 08, 2018

Year It Was, What a Beer It Was, It Was

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So I recently posted my annual update of my previous year in beer. I use the Untappd app to track and rate the beers that I have in a ...
Friday, January 05, 2018

Podcast: Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Episode 1: New Year, New Reflections

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I have launched a new podcast and am copying the show-notes from the main website for this ( Stark Reflections ) below.... Welcome to ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

A Holiday Gift For Writers

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I just received a great offer from the good folks behind Superstars Writing Seminars and am delighted to be able to share this during the ...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Channeling My Inner Dominatrix

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I was recently a guest on Dana Pharant's Inner Dominatrix podcast. Episode 77 is entitled "Transition Time Can Be Fun" and...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Make Your Own Path On Life's Journey

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Yesterday I drove to Barrie to say goodbye to a friend. I hadn't seen Frank Nelson in person in a couple of years, and it had bee...
Thursday, December 07, 2017

What Canadians Read in 2017

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One of the things I always loved about Kobo was their willingness to share insights about reading data. I rec'd two messages from Ko...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

The Long Goodbye, The Quick Hello

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In my podcast feed this morning, two of the Wednesday podcasts that loaded to my pod-catcher come with interesting timing. My final podc...