Marie Bilodeau's Blog, page 14

Looming Deadline

Oh, but how it looms. I suffer from awesomnia now (which is insomnia stimulated by too much awesome).

This blog is going on hiatus until the third book in the Destiny series is safely in the hands of Dragon Moon Press' awesome Managing and Acquisitions Editor, Gabrielle Harbowy. So I'll be back in about a week and half.

In the meantime, let me introduce you to the new members of our

Can-Con

Last weekend was Can-Con, which is my local literary con. I have to admit that Can-Con is always one of my favourite cons. It's nearby, which is nice, since I can go home to my own bed. But it's also one of my favourites because it's intimate and I get to chat with lots of people each time.

This year, Can-Con's organizing committee did an even more fabulous job than before - getting better and

Real Life: There is NO Escape (Bwa ha)

Someone made the oddest comment at WorldCon: Cons are not real life.

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Sweet Life of Mine, how do we pull this off? How do we manage to escape this strange "real life" thing and enter this con reality? Is it beyond liminality? (Currently Roomy's favourite word. Two anthropology of religion majors living in the same house makes for strange words being tossed around.)

I didn't break it to

Can-Con Schedule

I'm super excited for Can-Con this weekend. I love a con, and I love a local con (I get more shoe selection if I stay at home), and I love a growing local con. This weekend is a bit nuts for me since, on top of Can-Con, we're celebrating the first birthday of my nephew Xander (his parents are giants and he is already, too. By two, he'll be taller than me, and I'll bring him to Can-Con as my

RULES! Paper Airplane Contest

Through my early morning, uncaffeinated self (meaning through no fault of my own), I perhaps boasted the prowess of my airplane launcher to Can-Con's programming maestro, Derek Künsken. The result: I'm now hosting the airplane contest. I should learn to not speak before I've had coffee.

Regardless, I'm excited for this contest. It shall be a powerful feat of wits, strength, and paper folding

Dream Diary - On Recycling

I sleep like the dead. I seriously do. Put me horizontal and I'm out. I also dream. A lot. Thankfully (I think), I also often remember my dreams. For a few hours, anyway.

And now, lucky folks, I've decided to share the ones that are really fun, before their thread releases their hold on my mind. I'm also including a moral, because I'm a fan of 80s cartoons and believe any storyline is

My August in Pictures

I've been quiet in August. That's because I was... everywhere!






The first weekend was spent with my bestest buddies, aka family, in a little hamlet near Windsor. We laughed, we cried, we ate ice cream. A perfect time.




The reason we headed to this little hamlet on this weekend, ice cream and BFFs aside, was to see some 1812 festivities. This is part of the Military History Parade.

When the Villain Comes Home

Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwoodjust releasedanother super cool anthology with Dragon Moon Press:



Last year, they released the award-nominated anthology, When the Hero Comes Home, which included my short story, The Legend of Gluck. This new anthology features another one of my stories, Happily Ever After. I'm super proud of this story. It takes personality disorders to a whole other

Reaching The End

The final instalment of the Destiny series, currently entitled Destiny's Whatever (title will more than likely change), is well on its way. I'm having fun, getting to the depths of various mysteries, while letting my characters have some fun and blow stuff up.


This is the second time I reach the third book in a series (I like three - it's a nice, clean number. Must be my failed catholic

Pepsi Hummus Recipe

Part of me thinks this recipe should be hidden in a vault or warehouse somewhere, Indiana Jones style, but so many of you have asked for it that I cannot refuse. I deny all responsibility for any dire, world-changing or just downrightembarrassing consequences that may haunt you for the rest of your life should you choose to make this recipe.

Pepsi Hummus Recipe
It is always preferable to make