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November 9, 2015
Social Media: GoodReads
Okay, maybe I’m not making the biggest impact in the social media universe, but talking about myself and making daily new connections in life is not exactly my forte. I do, however, remain very active on GoodReads, the world’s largest site for readers, book-sharing and recommendations. I try my best to rate and review every […]
October 28, 2015
Progress?
So maybe it’s not going exactly as hoped. Upon completing my third novel (This Never Happened), I began work on my query letter. A query letter is what an author will send to literary agents in an attempt to get them excited about reading their work. Perhaps my query letter need a bit of refining. […]
October 2, 2015
Crash Gallery
CBC is premiering a new “Art Challenge Series”, a competition show where no contestants are actually eliminated. It’s a great outlet for 15 of Canada’s diverse to show off their talents. And one of those contestants is Jeremy Glen who has been a personal friend of mine for 30+ years. http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/... Not only is Jeremy […]
August 29, 2015
This Never Happened: Chapter One
With my first draft complete I thought I’d share my first chapter. This is more of an intro chapter, short with a few clues as to where the story is going but without much plot. Hope you like it! CHAPTER ONE: TEN THOUSAND YEARS TOO LATE Some mothers tell their sons they will be someone […]
August 20, 2015
Your Underwear’s Showing [2015]
YOUR UNDERWEAR’S SHOWING is a stage play I wrote for a high school acting class. The students were all boys, hence the lack of female characters. It is a comedy, a superhero farce with tons of great lines and interestingly layered characters. If you happen to be interested in this script as a performance piece, […]
August 17, 2015
Research
A lot of research will go into every novel someone writes. Or rather, if authors intend to make their work as meaningful as possible they will do the applicable research. In my new novel (THIS NEVER HAPPENED) there is a laundry list of extremely diverse topics I felt I had to research in order to […]
August 8, 2015
So This Happened
Okay, it’s done. A few months past my personal deadline but I’ve completed the first draft of my manuscript for my third novel. Clocking at 19 chapters and ~95,000 words, THIS NEVER HAPPENED has finally happened. Next up is the editing stage, but with my style of writing (editing as I go) this won’t take […]
May 4, 2015
ANNIHILATION, by Jeff VanderMeer [2014]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 9/10 At only 200 pages, this book (the first part of the Southern Reach Trilogy) is a VERY accessible novel. When I say that, what I refer to is a few things: 1) Book Length: 200 pages certainly will not intimidate potential readers. Plus, one (not me though) could probably read […]
April 24, 2015
Character Names
Have you ever read a novel where some of the character names really bothered you? Or maybe you found the name to be a perfect fit for the character? Have you ever kept forgetting who characters were? Confusing multiple characters with one another? I’ve been thinking a lot about my character names recently, and whether […]
April 22, 2015
THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt [2013]
R. Tim Morris’ Rating: 7/10 Spoiler Warning! Very well written novel; at times Donna Tartt blew me away with her descriptions but there are other times…well, let’s just say that a 750+ page novel is bound to have more verbosity than necessary; a few more lulls in the story than I’m used to, and I […]
