Saturday, April 28, 2018

The Ghost of Jack Kerouac

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Yesterday's live talk part of my weekly Free Friday Frights included a talk about the chapter "Kerouac's Favourite Haunt"...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Don't Judge My Love of Sharing Ghost Tales

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In my weekly Free Friday Frights adventures I have enjoyed the combination of sharing live videos of reading my fiction or just sharing a ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Going Your Own Way

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"If I could, maybe I'd give you my world How can I when you won't take it from me?" These lyrics, near the opening...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Friday the 13th: The SUPER Superstition

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There are plenty of things in western culture that we associate with superstitions and luck. A broken mirror brings seven years of...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

5 Ways To Use Free As An Author

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When I was recording a recent episode of the Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing podcast, I began reflecting on the various way...
Sunday, April 08, 2018

Finding Inspiration in Everything

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I was pretty pumped to be interviewed by USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn on her relatively new podcast that focuses on readers...
Wednesday, April 04, 2018

What's In An Object?

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It's funny how a simple inanimate object can have such an effect at bringing back a flood of memories. This past weekend, my son and ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Better Keep Listening. There Might Be A Bit About Blessed Are The Big Noses

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Anyone who knows me knows I'm a big fan of Monty Python and that LIFE OF BRIAN is one of my favorite films. They might also know that...
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...