I am happy to say I’ve done it. If I can just cross bungee jumping off my bucket list my life will finally be complete. I’ve had a book published, and hosted a signing. Now, due to popular demand – … Continue reading →
Me: “Hi, I’m a local author and I was wondering if you’d be interested in consigning some of my books.” Bookstore Girl: “What does ‘consigning’ mean?” Me: “Uh, it means I bring you some of my books, and you sell … Continue reading →
The act of writing a story is a solitary endeavour; storytelling, however, is not. I’ve heard a lot of jokes and commentary, lately, about the process of writers, and likening them to trolls under a bridge that resent the noisesome … Continue reading →
I am many things, but patient is not one of them. Whether it is in my personal, work or writing life, I don’t particularly care to wait for things. At times it is a boon, because it drives me to … Continue reading →
Storytelling is in danger, because Reality TV is trying to strangle it. I don’t watch a lot of television, but when I do I am disturbed. The types of shows I grew up with, hour long dramas/adventures/comedies, with strong writing, … Continue reading →
In the time I have been writing seriously, the last six years or so, I have discovered only one and hard fast rule – or truth, if you will: Writing is Hard. If anyone ever tells you different, feel free … Continue reading →
There comes a time, for every storyteller, where the need and urgency to write far outweighs your motivation. When that happens, we all have to come up with our individual ways to combat our lethargy, and get the words down on the page.
Now, I have a new, and very powerful, motivator: The risk of Rank Humiliation.
I have engaged in a word count battle with a dear friend, kc dyer (www.kcdyer.com), who is a brilliant writer of young adult fiction/fantasy, director for the Surrey International Writers Conference, and much, much smarter than I am.
She also looks better in tights.
The rules of our word count death match? She has laid them out
I have a painful obession, and Misery, thy name is Amazon. Since I’ve been published, ~dramatic pause to look at watch ~ about 28 minutes ago, I have developed a bit of a horrible habit of forever checking Amazon.com/Amazon.ca to … Continue reading →
Me: “Okay, Lead Character, I need you to have this conversation, walk through this door and then stab this baddie.” Character: “Uh, no.” Me: “What, in the flying fornication, do you mean ‘No’?” Character: “You’re trying to make me do … Continue reading →
Recently, as in a couple of days ago, the completed copies of my first novel, “The Watch”, appeared on my doorstep. After I’d finished running around the house with one of them held above my head, showing them to the … Continue reading →
