Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Mining for Ghosts

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Last week I was back in my home town of Levack, Ontario , helping my mom with painting a few rooms in her home. Because Alexander had a PD ...
Monday, June 04, 2018

Cashing In On Creativity

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I was recently a guest on the Cashing In On Creativity Podcast, hosted by Bruce Outridge, a speaker, cartoonist, podcaster and writer that ...
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Sunday, June 03, 2018

Pete's Blog & Grille: Top 10 Iris Cat FAQs.

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I have to share this. I've been reading and laughing about this amazing series of signs. Too funny. A couple of recent examples . ....
Saturday, June 02, 2018

Great review of Unexpected Strangers

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Because I missed getting my stories out into the world, I started collecting a few of them in small themed packs of work under the "No...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

My Evil Reaction To LAUREL vs YANNY

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I'm not sure where that dark part of my imagination comes from. But ever since I have been writing, my mind regularly turns to the sh...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Talk at Kitchener Public Library: Success in Self Publishing

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[UPDATE:  This event has been cancelled in May and re-scheduled to later in the year] I'll be giving a talk at the Kitchener Public L...
Friday, May 04, 2018

How To Annoy a Science-Fiction Nerd Today

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It is May the 4th! Star Wars day! May the 4th be with you! Of course, if you like to have a little fun, either in an attempt to annoy s...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Tell Me About The Early Days of Self-Publishing, George

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The other day, while putting together material for my forthcoming Free Friday Frights , I was looking into the origin of the chapbook Acti...
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...