Aaaaaaaaah
After three rejections this year, I finally have an acceptance! (To be fair, the rejections didn't sting too badly: two were of the "please send us something else" kind, and…
Blog Tour: C. R. Berry
Interview 1. In your biography, you say that you're not a tin hat wearer, yet your books are full of conspiracies. What is the attraction to you as a writer?…
2023 Gets Real
I received my first rejection of 2023 yesterday. It didn't sting too badly. Partially, that was because I've had hundreds of rejections, so I am becoming inured to them. Partially,…
At the Quarter Post
In two weeks, I have completed three short stories in a series, and all but completed a fourth. I breezed past a total of 20,000 words yesterday (I'm up to…
This Writer’s Life (1)
Last night, I spent an hour going over a half hour video of a walk-through of the Enercare Centre at the 2022 Canadian National Exhibition. You're welcome. I'm writing a…
Blog Tour: Mark Iles
Continuing to catch up to the blog tours on my old site, I am happy to introduce Mark Iles, who is not only an author, but the organizer of the…
There Are Always New Ways to Break a Heart
When my father first started talking gibberish and peeing on the floor - part of the joy of being in the final stage of Alzheimer's Disease - I made a…
Last Chance – The Blog Tour
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Darren E. Watling will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn…
Under Review
In my time, I have written a lot of reviews, mostly of books and films, but occasionally of works in other media. I found that they were really helpful in…
That Which Doesn’t Kill Us
I received my first rejections of 2023 this week: from two contests sponsored by a literary magazine. This is not unexpected, as my writing tends to fall through the cracks:…
The Good, The Bad and The Ouchie of My Life
Yesterday, the pain I've been feeling in my mouth for the last few days was determined by my dental hygienist to be a hole; during my cleaning, a piece of…
Blog Tour: Simon Lowe
Interview 1. What have you got against technology? In principle, nothing. But you have to wonder where it's taking us. Most of the old socialist philosophies saw technology as an…