Broken Keys Publishing's Blog, page 21
January 7, 2018
Winter 2018 Tour Dates!
~ January 3rd - 24th ~
~ January 4th ~
~ January 13th ~
~ January 20th ~
~ Feburary 3rd ~(to be confirmed)
~ Feburary 11th ~
~ Feburary 24th ~
It is also within the realms of possibility I may be making a guest appearance on CKCU's Friend's with Benefits, hosted by Tonya Price!
~ January 4th ~~ January 13th ~~ January 20th ~~ Feburary 3rd ~(to be confirmed)~ Feburary 11th ~~ Feburary 24th ~It is also within the realms of possibility I may be making a guest appearance on CKCU's Friend's with Benefits, hosted by Tonya Price!
January 5, 2018
CKCU with Tonya Price
CKCU host of Friends with Benefits interviews myself and local author Barb Avon!Check it out!(Interview begins approximately 6:30)Link
January 1, 2018
Escape Hatch (Intro to the Fractures series)
Escape HatchThe Refuse Chronicles, Volume 2: Introduction to FracturesISBN - 978-1-988253-21-3 (digital)Escape Hatch follows immediately on the heels of The Refuse Chronicles, launching into new worlds of the upcoming Fractures-series.The first full length novel in the series to be Ngaro's Sojourney - coming soon!This introduction is available for FREEhttps://www.draft2digital.com/book/29...
The Fractures-Series
A new series' introductory ebook will be available for FREE!Escape Hatch: The Refuse Chronicles, Volume 2:Introduction of Fracturespicks up on the heels of The Refuse Chronicles, introducting new worlds, new possibilities, and a cascade of world without ends!The first full length novel of The Fractures-Series will be Ngaro's Sojourney, set in 1850 and following the nautical adventures of a Maori chieftain and warrior.Inspired by the 'flow' and 'feel' of Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Gordon Arthur Pym of Nantucket, this novel promises to be a flight into absolute historical (alternate historic?) fantasy!
December 30, 2017
Best Author Finalist, Michel Weatherall at Origin Trade
Join local 2018 Faces of Ottawa finalist for Best Author (male) at Origin Trade CoffeehouseSaturday, January 20th between 11am - 3:30pm Voting begins January 3rd to 24th here!
December 28, 2017
Avon ~ Price ~ Weatherall
Live interview with Faces of Ottawa 2018 Best Author finalists, Michel Weatherall and Barbara Avon, live on CKCU Thursday Blend Early with host Tonya Price!More exciting still, CKCU host Tonya Price is a finalists in 2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Radio Personality (female)!
Voting commences Jan. 3rd to Jan. 24th at the 2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards website!
December 26, 2017
Faces of Ottawa Award Finalist - Best Author (Male)
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Ottawa's Best Author (Male) 2018: Michel Weatherall brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com http://facesmag.ca/awards/ We at Broken Keys Publishing are proud to announce our very own Michel Weatherall as a finalist for Ottawa Faces Magazine's 2018 Best Author (Male) Voting will take place from January 3rd to January 24th. You can vote once per day per IP address. Go to http://facesmag.ca/awards/ and cast your vote for Best Author (Male) Name: Michel Weatherall email: brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com (Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your name and email, and then hit the "nominate" button!" With no affliiations or memberships with any local literary guilds, writers' groups or societies, this rogue author is definitely a dark horse candidate! Entering Ottawa's literary scene in early 2015, Weatherall has taken the city by storm! Publishing 2 novellas, 2 novels, a collection of poems, and a theological essay all within this short window of 3 years! He has been awarded a certificate of acknowledgement by mayor Jim Watson and his books has graced the shelves of Chapters, Coles, Indigo and several independent book stores. He has appeared at over 45 books signing events as well as being on television 4 times and radio 6 times (including The Carol Anne Meehan Show!) This local author is busy! Always root for the underdog! Help this dark horse candidate take Ottawa's 2018 Best Author (Male) Award! By all means vote! You can cast your vote daily! (Please do!) This opportunity is all about getting his name and nomination out there, so social media is the avenue! If you would, please share this event! Let's get the word out!
Ottawa's Best Author (Male) 2018: Michel Weatherall brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com http://facesmag.ca/awards/ We at Broken Keys Publishing are proud to announce our very own Michel Weatherall as a finalist for Ottawa Faces Magazine's 2018 Best Author (Male) Voting will take place from January 3rd to January 24th. You can vote once per day per IP address. Go to http://facesmag.ca/awards/ and cast your vote for Best Author (Male) Name: Michel Weatherall email: brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com (Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your name and email, and then hit the "nominate" button!" With no affliiations or memberships with any local literary guilds, writers' groups or societies, this rogue author is definitely a dark horse candidate! Entering Ottawa's literary scene in early 2015, Weatherall has taken the city by storm! Publishing 2 novellas, 2 novels, a collection of poems, and a theological essay all within this short window of 3 years! He has been awarded a certificate of acknowledgement by mayor Jim Watson and his books has graced the shelves of Chapters, Coles, Indigo and several independent book stores. He has appeared at over 45 books signing events as well as being on television 4 times and radio 6 times (including The Carol Anne Meehan Show!) This local author is busy! Always root for the underdog! Help this dark horse candidate take Ottawa's 2018 Best Author (Male) Award! By all means vote! You can cast your vote daily! (Please do!) This opportunity is all about getting his name and nomination out there, so social media is the avenue! If you would, please share this event! Let's get the word out!
December 24, 2017
A Year in Review - 2017
2017 will certainly be a year to remember.
I could not have imagined the paths this journey would have led me on. From the release of The Symbiot-Series final novel The Refuse Chronicles, to having an essay published in Thomas Jay Oord's book, Uncontrolling Love, to being nominated for the 2018 Ottawa's Best Author (Male) Award from Faces Magazine!Special thanks need to be extended to the various shops and book stores that carried my titles. Without these people's willingness and hard work, the indie local author's job would be that much closer to impossible:Gosia Strzelecka and Liza McCoy (Chapters) and Trish Slater (Coles) for taking the care and effort to help promote local authorsLocal Indie Bookshops:Heather MacDonald (Comet Comics), Jim Sherman (Perfect Books), John Houston (Kobold's Corner), Octopus Books, Singing Peeble Books, and Books on BeechwoodAnd various other organizers, coffee-shops, subcontrators, and event-organizers that only add to the indie-author's wonderful experience:Megan Sartori (Byward Market), Iskra Rekrut (organizer), Chris Barnett (Designer), Lydia Schloch (writer & editor), Simon & Henri Dulca (Rapido Books), Clara Forget (Gauvin Printing), Nancy (Morning Owl Coffeehouse), and Dave White (Mementos)To local politicians who showed their support for Ottawa's incredible literary talents (not just me):Marianne Wilkinson (Councillor)A special thanks need to be extened to local media personel - not only for interviewing me - but for the hope and sense of value they instilled in me (we creative-types can - sadly - be such fragile things!):Livia Belcea, Jeff Larocque, Dylan Black, Yasmin Asgarali (photographer), and special thanks to Danielle Allard for nominating and endorsing my for the 2018 Best Author (Male) Award for Ottawa's Faces Magazine....and to my fans. I wish I could name you all!...and last but certainly not least, my wife, Jackie.For having the patience, tolerance and confidence to allow my writing to compete (and maybe even sometimes overshadow) her. (If I ever made you feel second best, it couldn't have been further from the truth.You are a foundation which this is built upon.)Ottawa is truly filled with incredible and awesome people! It's been a fantastic year. I'm looking forward to what 2018 brings!Thank you all. I love you.~ January 28th ~
~ February 7th ~
~ February 11th ~
~ February 25th ~
~ March 25th ~
~ April 1st ~
~ April 11th ~Featured on Strellson's website wearing one their shirts!~ April 29th ~
~ May 23rd ~
~ May 25th ~
~ June 4th ~Stittsville Arts in the Park
~ June 10th ~
~ June 24th ~
~ July 28th ~
~ August 10th ~
~ August 11th ~
~ August 19th ~
~ August 30th ~
~ September 9th ~
~ September 23rd ~
~ October 12th ~
Super exciting news! Met with Maori expert & historian, Dr. Rongo Wetere, who agreed to be a cultural-advisor for my upcoming novel, "Ngaro's Sojourney."The New Zeland Embassy describes him as - their words - "the go-to expert for all things Maori!"(Yasmin Asgarali, of YNA Photography, is in the foreground. Her work has featured on some of my coverart of The Refuse Chronicles)
The waka double-hulled Maori-canoe featured in the movie The Piano was constructed by Dr. Rongo Wetere and university students!~ October 14th ~
~ October 21st ~
First announcement of my now novel, Ngaro's Sonourney, has begun! It may be a year and then some away from publication, but it's definitely in the works!~ October 28th ~
~ Nov. 6th to Nov. 18th ~
A nerve-racking and hair time! On November 6th Pronoun (my ebook distributor) announced their closure. It was a frantic two weeks reformatting and migrating all my writing (well over 300,000 words!) over to a new distributor! Now my ebooks have a new home! Draft-2-Digital!~ November 19th ~
~ November 24th ~
Got nominated for Best Male Author in Faces Magazine's 2018 awards!
~ November 25th ~
~ December 9th ~
~ December 21st ~
Happily made the list of finalist for the 2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards, Best Author (male)!Voting opens on January 3rd to January 24th, 2018. Don't forget to vote!2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards
I could not have imagined the paths this journey would have led me on. From the release of The Symbiot-Series final novel The Refuse Chronicles, to having an essay published in Thomas Jay Oord's book, Uncontrolling Love, to being nominated for the 2018 Ottawa's Best Author (Male) Award from Faces Magazine!Special thanks need to be extended to the various shops and book stores that carried my titles. Without these people's willingness and hard work, the indie local author's job would be that much closer to impossible:Gosia Strzelecka and Liza McCoy (Chapters) and Trish Slater (Coles) for taking the care and effort to help promote local authorsLocal Indie Bookshops:Heather MacDonald (Comet Comics), Jim Sherman (Perfect Books), John Houston (Kobold's Corner), Octopus Books, Singing Peeble Books, and Books on BeechwoodAnd various other organizers, coffee-shops, subcontrators, and event-organizers that only add to the indie-author's wonderful experience:Megan Sartori (Byward Market), Iskra Rekrut (organizer), Chris Barnett (Designer), Lydia Schloch (writer & editor), Simon & Henri Dulca (Rapido Books), Clara Forget (Gauvin Printing), Nancy (Morning Owl Coffeehouse), and Dave White (Mementos)To local politicians who showed their support for Ottawa's incredible literary talents (not just me):Marianne Wilkinson (Councillor)A special thanks need to be extened to local media personel - not only for interviewing me - but for the hope and sense of value they instilled in me (we creative-types can - sadly - be such fragile things!):Livia Belcea, Jeff Larocque, Dylan Black, Yasmin Asgarali (photographer), and special thanks to Danielle Allard for nominating and endorsing my for the 2018 Best Author (Male) Award for Ottawa's Faces Magazine....and to my fans. I wish I could name you all!...and last but certainly not least, my wife, Jackie.For having the patience, tolerance and confidence to allow my writing to compete (and maybe even sometimes overshadow) her. (If I ever made you feel second best, it couldn't have been further from the truth.You are a foundation which this is built upon.)Ottawa is truly filled with incredible and awesome people! It's been a fantastic year. I'm looking forward to what 2018 brings!Thank you all. I love you.~ January 28th ~~ February 7th ~~ February 11th ~~ February 25th ~~ March 25th ~~ April 1st ~~ April 11th ~Featured on Strellson's website wearing one their shirts!~ April 29th ~~ May 23rd ~~ May 25th ~~ June 4th ~Stittsville Arts in the Park~ June 10th ~~ June 24th ~~ July 28th ~~ August 10th ~~ August 11th ~~ August 19th ~~ August 30th ~~ September 9th ~~ September 23rd ~~ October 12th ~Super exciting news! Met with Maori expert & historian, Dr. Rongo Wetere, who agreed to be a cultural-advisor for my upcoming novel, "Ngaro's Sojourney."The New Zeland Embassy describes him as - their words - "the go-to expert for all things Maori!"(Yasmin Asgarali, of YNA Photography, is in the foreground. Her work has featured on some of my coverart of The Refuse Chronicles)The waka double-hulled Maori-canoe featured in the movie The Piano was constructed by Dr. Rongo Wetere and university students!~ October 14th ~~ October 21st ~ First announcement of my now novel, Ngaro's Sonourney, has begun! It may be a year and then some away from publication, but it's definitely in the works!~ October 28th ~~ Nov. 6th to Nov. 18th ~A nerve-racking and hair time! On November 6th Pronoun (my ebook distributor) announced their closure. It was a frantic two weeks reformatting and migrating all my writing (well over 300,000 words!) over to a new distributor! Now my ebooks have a new home! Draft-2-Digital!~ November 19th ~~ November 24th ~Got nominated for Best Male Author in Faces Magazine's 2018 awards!~ November 25th ~~ December 9th ~~ December 21st ~Happily made the list of finalist for the 2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards, Best Author (male)!Voting opens on January 3rd to January 24th, 2018. Don't forget to vote!2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards
December 22, 2017
2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards - Best Author
Finalists for Ottawa's Best Author (male)There Michel Weatherall is, right at the top of the list!Voting commences Jan. 3rd and runs until Jan. 24th. at Faces of Ottawa Awards website. You can vote once per day per IP address, so please do!
December 17, 2017
Ottawa, are you Prepared?
2018 is the year of the Indie Author!Look for me partnering up with Barbara Avon for meet-and-greet events!
