Hello everyone! Last week I gave an interview to Kevin T. Johns for his awesome podcast, Ottawa Writes. We talked about many things, mainly the release of my newest book, Kindred Spirits, the themes which I discuss in my writing, my crazy productivity, my involvement in Renaissance Press, and the importance of a writing community. In… Read More Interview on Ottawa Writes podcast

Another great review for my newest release, Brothers In Arms. Read it here!

Here are a couple of reviews! This one is for my newest book, Brothers In Arms, and the other is for the first in that series, Blood Relations (I had not noticed I had gotten a review for Blood Relations… Ah well! Here it is anyway!)

Hello all! As part of my blog tour, I had to write a guest post, about why I choose to write about a particular theme in my novel. The post is about why I chose the theme of superpowers, but it can be a great insight as to how a writer comes to be concerned… Read More How do you get your ideas?

If you’ve been reading about writing techniques, you probably read a lot about “critique groups” and “writing groups”, but if you’ve never been a part of one, it might feel a bit mysterious. What are they all about? Should you be looking for one? Which kind? First of all, let me explain the differences between… Read More Writing and critique groups – do you need them?

Here is the trailer for Brothers In Arms!

This concludes our series of posts for the How do you find the time? post. I hope this was helpful. Tomorrow, as promised, I will be writing a detailed post about how to write up the best schedule for yourself. Saturday 6:15 get up. Get my son, dress him, change him. Make the bed, pick… Read More Saturday and Sunday

Friday night, my dogs decided to fight on the couch, throwing my computer down and shattering my flash drive in the process. I lost my post for Thursday, and I didn’t have time to re-type it, so you’re having a two for one deal today for the How do you find the time? posts. Thursday… Read More Thursday and Friday

In the continuing series of posts about How do you find the time? here is what Wednesday was like. 6:30 : wake up, do my son’s morning routine, spend some time with him, take out the dogs, eat breakfast. 7:30 : my son and my partner leave. Pick up around the house, take a shower,… Read More Wednesday

So here’s what I did on Tuesday in the series for How do you find the time? As I’m doing this, it occurs to me that while a lot of people might learn very well by example only, it’s been my experience as a teacher that most people need a more fleshed out method presented… Read More Tuesday