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Spontaneous Combustion

I’m a spontaneous guy. Just ask my wife. Sometimes that puts me in an awkward place. After all, part of my day job is to be a project manager. The spontanaity works well to recover from any problems that might arise, but is sort of at odds with the actual ‘planning’ of my projects. Still, [...]

Mik Murdoch and the Power Within is Ready for Editing

I was going to title this post, “Mik Murdoch and the Power Within is Finished” but that really isn’t true. I still have to do a polishing edit before I send it to my publisher and editor. Once they have it, it will be edited/revised/re-edited to within an inch of its life. Then it will [...]

Resetting Expectations

I’ve talked about setting goals before. I am a big fan of using goals to succeed in my writing. Sometimes, unfortunately, I lose sight of my goals. It could be because of just about anything. Recently, concerns about my job were…distracting me from my writing. When that happens, it can be hard to get the [...]

Get Published Episode 114 – PJ Schnyder & OrD Talk Publishing and Creativity

PJ Schnyder, OrD & I talk about writing kickstarters, different genres including urban fantasy and paranormal romance and a lot more.

Adventures In Scouting

I survived the week with my Scout Troop at Canadian Jamboree. That involved living in a tent for seven days, cooking and eating whatever food the jamboree organizers saw fit to provide and keep sixteen scouts in line. It was not my day job but it also wasn’t a holiday. The good news is, when [...]

Adding to my Experiences

Hello everyone, I just wanted to post a quick note to let you all know that I am currently camping with my Scout Troop at the Canadian Jamboree. Jamborees, for those of you who have never experienced one, are a great opportunity for Scouts to meet other youth from all over the world. There have [...]

Get Published Episode 113 – Self Publishing with Scott Roche

I have been thinking of self-publishing some of my books more and more the past few months. When I heard that friend and fellow author Scott Roche was releasing yet another book via self-publishing, I knew I had to pick his brain. And what better place to do that than on Get Published so I [...]

A Change is as Good as a Rest

Okay, the above title is not always true. Sometimes a change can be very detrimental. Like, if you go from an employed state to unemployed. Still, I think the inherent meaning of the saying has a lot of truth. In essence, sometimes when you are stuck in a rut, doing something different can help you [...]

Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero Sample

I’ve always had an easier time of promoting others than myself. Perhaps to my own detriment. I have been working through that particular problem and today, you get the opportunity to read the first chapter of my debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero. I am very proud of this book and I think it [...]

Get Published Episode 112 – Life in Stories & Next Steps in Evil

I try to take events and mentally catalog them for use in future books. That’s one of the reasons I like to sit and watch people. It helps me to make the interactions in my stories more realistic. In this episode, I will be talking about taking life and translating it into stories in the [...]