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December 12, 2018
Nominations Close December 15th
Only 3 days left for nominations. It's crunch-time!Faces Magazine Ottawa Awards' nominations close this Saturday, Dec. 15th.http://facesmag.ca/awards/For Best Author: Michel Weatherall email: brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com phone: 613-408-7972Max Keeping Humanitarian Award: Tyson Lefebvre Artist of the Year: Danielle Allard Best Author: _________________ Best Comedian: Michael Lifshitz Best Emcee: Dylan Black Best Model: Mary Elin Moore Best Dancer: Stuti Mukherjee Best Photographer: Yasmin Asgarali Best Recruiter: Ashley Thompson Best Entertainer: Aiona Santana Best Nutritionist: Darpan Ahluwalia Best Salesperson: Evan Malamud Best Event Planner: Gipsy Ghosh Best Optician: Sylvie Demers Best Videographer: Andrew Mesley Best Massage Therapist: Katie DeWolf Favourite Radio Personality: Codi Jeffreys Favourite Politician (municipal): Laura Dudas Best Government Relations Specialist: Ravi Verma Best Audio/Video Entertainment Co: Bytown Video Productions Best Coffee Shop: The Grounds Café Stittsville Best Barber: Christopher Lord Best Not-for-Profit: Ability First Ottawa Best Volunteer of the Year: Brigitte Boulay Best Tattoo Artist: Milena Fusco Best Hotel: Brook Street Hotel Best Hair Stylest: Nelson Renouf Favourite TV Personality: Dylan Black Best Limousine Company: East Coast Limos Best Radio Station: CKCU-FM Best Volunteer Organization: Home Runs for Austism Best Pizza: Merivale Pizza Best Tattoo Parlour: New Moon TattooVote ~ Like ~ Share ~ Repeat#localauthor #supportlocal #ottawa #canada #weirdfiction #poetry#facesottawa #fiction
December 1, 2018
Faces of Ottawa Awards Nominations 2019
Let the faux magazine covers begin!!
Faces of Ottawa Awards Nominations for 2019 are now open!!Vote! Vote every day! (One vote per day per email address)Nominate Ottawa's best here: http://facesmag.ca/awards/My list of Ottawa's fantastic people (nominees) is growing daily!Max Keeping Humanitarian Award: Tyson Lefebvre Artist of the Year: Danielle Allard Best Author: _________________ Best Comedian: Michael Lifshitz Best Emcee: Dylan Black Best Model: Mary Elin Moore Best Photographer: Yasmin Asgarali Best Recruiter: Ashley Thompson Best Entertainer: Aiona Santana Best Nutritionalist: Darpan Ahluwalia Best Salesperson: Evan Malamud Best Event Planner: Gipsy Ghosh Best Optician: Sylvie Demers Favourite Radio Personality: Codi Jeffreys Favourite Politician (municipal): Laura Dudas Best Government Relations Specialist: Ravi Verma Best Coffee Shop: The Grounds Café Stittsville Best Hairstylist: Christopher Lord Best Volunteer of the Year: Brigitte Boulay Best Tattoo Artist: Milena Fusco Best Hair Stylist: Nelson Renouf Favourite TV Personality: Dylan Black Best Limousine Company: East Coast Limos Best Radio Station: CKCU-FM Best Pizza: Merivale Pizza Best Tattoo Parlour: New Moon Tattoo
Faces of Ottawa Awards Nominations for 2019 are now open!!Vote! Vote every day! (One vote per day per email address)Nominate Ottawa's best here: http://facesmag.ca/awards/My list of Ottawa's fantastic people (nominees) is growing daily!Max Keeping Humanitarian Award: Tyson Lefebvre Artist of the Year: Danielle Allard Best Author: _________________ Best Comedian: Michael Lifshitz Best Emcee: Dylan Black Best Model: Mary Elin Moore Best Photographer: Yasmin Asgarali Best Recruiter: Ashley Thompson Best Entertainer: Aiona Santana Best Nutritionalist: Darpan Ahluwalia Best Salesperson: Evan Malamud Best Event Planner: Gipsy Ghosh Best Optician: Sylvie Demers Favourite Radio Personality: Codi Jeffreys Favourite Politician (municipal): Laura Dudas Best Government Relations Specialist: Ravi Verma Best Coffee Shop: The Grounds Café Stittsville Best Hairstylist: Christopher Lord Best Volunteer of the Year: Brigitte Boulay Best Tattoo Artist: Milena Fusco Best Hair Stylist: Nelson Renouf Favourite TV Personality: Dylan Black Best Limousine Company: East Coast Limos Best Radio Station: CKCU-FM Best Pizza: Merivale Pizza Best Tattoo Parlour: New Moon Tattoo
November 28, 2018
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November 27, 2018
Ottawa's Best Author 2019
2019 Faces of Ottawa Awards
With the early 2019 release of Ngaro's Sojourney,
couldMichel Weatherallbe the Faces of Ottawa's 2019 Best Author?You decide!
With the early 2019 release of Ngaro's Sojourney,couldMichel Weatherallbe the Faces of Ottawa's 2019 Best Author?You decide!
November 26, 2018
Faces of Ottawa 2019 Awards
Exciting!Looks like the Faces of Ottawa Awards 2019 are now open for nominations!http://facesmag.ca/awards/Hoping to make nominations for Best Author 2019! (Email address? brokenkeypublishing@gmail.com)I'll be posting some of my favourite picks soon!Artist of the Year: Danielle AllardBest Comedian: Michael LifshitzBest DJ: Codi JeffreysBest Emcee: Dylan BlackBest Model: Mary Elin MooreBest Photographer: Yasmin AsgaraliBest Entertainer: Aiona SantanaBest Nutritionalist: Darpan AhluwaliaFavourite Radio Personality: Tonya PriceFavourite Politician (municipal): Laura DudasBest Hairstylist: Christopher LordBest Volunteer of the Year: Brigitte BoulayBest Tattoo Artist: Milena FuscoFavourite TV Personality: Dylan BlackBest Limousine Company: East Coast LimosBest Radio Station: CKCU FMMore to come!Remember, you can vote once per day per email address, so vote daily!
November 2, 2018
October 27, 2018
Tysen's Mission to a Million
Check it out as Dylan Black interviews Tysen on Boom 99.7 fm!Tysen is close to raising $1 million to grant 100 wishes for kids. The deadline is this Monday! (Oct. 29th)You can go toTysen's Mission to a Million (missiontoamillion.ca) to help out this wonderful cause!
October 24, 2018
So Many Options!
Are ebooks your thing?All my titles, books, novels and short stories are available in ebook, and the options of distributors are expanding!Kindle, Apple ibooks, Barnes & Nobels' Nook, Kobo, Scribd, 24 Symbols, Indigo, Mondadori, Playster and soon Baker & Taylor! Check it out!
October 23, 2018
New ebook Distributor
Even more ebook distributors are carrying my titles!Soon available on Baker & Taylor !
October 20, 2018
Ngaro's Sojourney
Ngaro's Sojourneyso·journˈsōjərn/formalnouna temporary stay.jour·neyˈjərnē/nounthe act of traveling from one place to another.Sojourneyˈsō-jərnē/A journey to discover and return to one's spirituality.
As I near the finale of Ngaro's Sojourney, I am beginning to coordinate other aspects needed for this novel.
Model, Mr & Ms. Multicultural Canada Runner Up, and 'Mr. society', Eric Bhatia (shown with me at the Grand opening of Mucho Burrito in Stittsville) has agreed to model for Captain Jones of the British warship, the HMS Pembroke (one of the villians of this novel). In all likelihood this photo will appear on the inside cover as well as a life-sized roller banner at the book launch.
Captain Jones wears a British naval captain's jacket, red with brass buttons. This weekend I have begun searching for the perfect costume. (Now I've got to find a resource for authentic cutlass and muskets).Models for the Goddess Takamauroa as well as the Inuit character "Nameless" have also been approached.
And - most exciting of all! - Dr. Rongo Wetere, cultural expert, historian (and Maori himself!) has agreed to check the prepublished manuscript and lend his expertise in advising for the Maori cultural aspects in this novel!Ngaro's SojourneyMaking his first appearance in The Refuse Chronicles' short story, "Das Ghul," now the Maori chieftain's full story is told.Follow the 1850 Maori warrior in his nautical adventure across the South Pacific to forbidden and lost islands, cannibalistic tribes, volcanic isles, sleeping tiki-gods, and discover the Secret of the Lost Library City itself!From the wastes of the Austrialian Great Sandy Desert to the desolate tundra of Grænland. From his tropical homeland of Aotearoa, New Zealand to the nightmaric oceanic point of inaccessibility, this adventure is a white knuckled ride!One OceanOne TribeOne PeopleOne worldHope Rises
As I near the finale of Ngaro's Sojourney, I am beginning to coordinate other aspects needed for this novel.Model, Mr & Ms. Multicultural Canada Runner Up, and 'Mr. society', Eric Bhatia (shown with me at the Grand opening of Mucho Burrito in Stittsville) has agreed to model for Captain Jones of the British warship, the HMS Pembroke (one of the villians of this novel). In all likelihood this photo will appear on the inside cover as well as a life-sized roller banner at the book launch.Captain Jones wears a British naval captain's jacket, red with brass buttons. This weekend I have begun searching for the perfect costume. (Now I've got to find a resource for authentic cutlass and muskets).Models for the Goddess Takamauroa as well as the Inuit character "Nameless" have also been approached.And - most exciting of all! - Dr. Rongo Wetere, cultural expert, historian (and Maori himself!) has agreed to check the prepublished manuscript and lend his expertise in advising for the Maori cultural aspects in this novel!Ngaro's SojourneyMaking his first appearance in The Refuse Chronicles' short story, "Das Ghul," now the Maori chieftain's full story is told.Follow the 1850 Maori warrior in his nautical adventure across the South Pacific to forbidden and lost islands, cannibalistic tribes, volcanic isles, sleeping tiki-gods, and discover the Secret of the Lost Library City itself!From the wastes of the Austrialian Great Sandy Desert to the desolate tundra of Grænland. From his tropical homeland of Aotearoa, New Zealand to the nightmaric oceanic point of inaccessibility, this adventure is a white knuckled ride!One OceanOne TribeOne PeopleOne worldHope Rises
