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Resetting the Clock

In the movie Pacific Rim, after every Kaiju attack the Marshall resets the clock. The clock is counting the time until the next attack. Before you start to panic, this isn’t exactly that kind of clock reset. No, the Kaiju that afflict me are less the 500-foot monster variety and … Continue reading →

Writing Process Blog Hop

I have been tagged by Robert Runte’ in a Blog Hop. That means I was interviewed about my writing process by Robert Runte’ my editor and friend here on my blog, because he was tagged and interviewed on his writing process on his blog by Joe Mahoney who was in … Continue reading →

Get Published Episode 133 – Mark Leslie Lefebvre – What’s New?

I had the good fortune to meet Mark Leslie Lefebvre when I attended World Fantasy Convention in Toronto two years ago. I had heard Mark on other podcasts and knew a little about him. I was very happy to have the chance to talk with him during one of the … Continue reading →

Dull Roar

One of the challenges I am currently facing has nothing to do with too much work. In fact, it is the complete opposite. I have been going full-out with revisions and editing for the past several months, not to mention putting work out on Wattpad. Now that I have met … Continue reading →

Housekeeping

I’ve got a couple updates today, hence the title of the post. MIK MURDOCH: THE POWER WITHIN I have very happy to tell you that the first round of editor revisions are done. I’m doing one more read-through of the manuscript and then it is back to 5 Rivers for … Continue reading →

Finding Your Voice

I have read a lot of writing advice that says you should write in your own unique ‘voice’. But, what the heck IS your own voice? How do you find it and how do you recognize it when you see it? Those are questions I have asked myself many times and, … Continue reading →

Get Published Episode 132 – Jessub Flower Builds His Platform

I am always on the lookout to learn something new – maybe a new way to grow my author’s platform or market my books. That’s why I love talking to different authors about what they are doing. One such author is Jessub Flower who is using his debut novel, Daisy … Continue reading →

Progress

Progress can mean different things to different people. For some, it might mean people are just a little more tolerant of each other. For others it means that technology continues to move forward and our lives are getting easier and better. For me? Well, I tend not to think on quite that grand … Continue reading →

Life’s a Beach

I’ve been looking forward to March for a while. That’s because I set a deadline to finish my first round of edits on Mik Murdoch: The Power Within for my editor. It is also because it looks like JR Murdock (no relation to Mik Murdoch – I wrote the book … Continue reading →

Get Published Episode 131 – Leanne Shirtliffe talks Humour

Much of my writing contains humour. I would like to think that the humour is intentional and usually funny, but often I think the funny moments happen largely by accident. That’s why I invited Leanne Shirtliffe to come on the show. Leanne is a humour writer with great experience in … Continue reading →