Mark Leslie's Blog

Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Friday, March 22, 2019

Rut-Busting for Writers with Nancy Christie

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In the latest episode of my writing and publishing podcast, I interview Nancy Christie about her book Rut-Busting Book for Writers . ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Spring Is Sprung, The Sun is Riz, I Wonder Where The Snowman Is

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Ah, the joy and wonder of spring. The temperature rises, mother nature begins to peek out from under the slowly melting snow. All is wo...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

2018 Book Related Sales And Stuff

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In the past two episodes of my podcast (Episode 55 and Episode 56), I spent some time looking at where I had earned writing specific income...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Aging Like a Good Cheese Or A Fine Wine

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There has been a fun #howhardhasaginghityouchallenge going around on Facebook, and, since curiosity got the best of me, I thought I'd ...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Awesome Reuseable Block Feature in WordPress

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Recently, when editing a post on one of my WordPress powered sites, I noticed a feature or option that I hadn't seen before. It first...
Sunday, December 02, 2018

Disruptor? I Don't Even Know 'Er . . .

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This is fun. I was interviewed by Jon Bard earlier this year (July, I believe) for his new podcast called DISRUPTOR . In his podcast, Jon...
Monday, November 26, 2018

For Those Who Enjoy Visuals over Audio

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In January of this week I started a weekly podcast called Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing . I have released a new episode every...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Halloween 2018

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Every Friday since early April 2018 I have been doing a thing called #FreeFridayFrights. This is where, on my website , I offer up either...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Oh Yeah, By The Way, I Wrote A Book, or Two

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It's so funny. I spend the majority of my time helping authors with gaining better visibility, maximizing their title and author SEO ...
Friday, October 26, 2018

On Flying and Firehoses

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In the past week, I flew over Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas at 35 MPH on a zip line. I also took in a firehose of information...
Tuesday, October 09, 2018

The Mysterious Little Boy Ghost at Indigo Montreal

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This past weekend, I was in Montreal to launch Macabre Montreal , which I co-authored with Shayna Krishnasamy. We did two events at two dif...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Two Wrongs That Make A Spite

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I recently spent an episode of my Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast reflecting on two of the negative things that write...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Books Don't Go Bad, They Just Page Away

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As a life-long book nerd, I'm pretty pumped to be part of a bundle of novels and stories all focused on books and bookish things. The...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Inside, Outside, Loving All Around

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Earlier this morning I was hit with one of those Facebook pop-ups. A memory from last year. When I saw the picture I was reminded of an awe...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Essential Edits / SFeditor.ca: Interview with Terry Fallis

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Quite delighted to see this recent review about my latest Stark Reflections podcast interview. Essential Edits / SFeditor.ca: Interview wi...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Humor Can Be Really Serious Stuff

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I recently interviewed my friend Terry Fallis for an episode of the Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast. Apart from gush...
Sunday, July 08, 2018

Two-Sentence Horror Stories

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I recently spotted a few two-sentence horror stories and was enjoying reading them. So I wanted to try writing one of my own. One of the ...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

All We Used To Know

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I have long been a fan of Alicia Witt 's music. Many people know her as an actor; but it's her music that I am fascinated with. An...
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