As I post this, it’s the morning after the opening night performance of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, in which I play Fogg and also sing …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, a nominee for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards, is also a finalist for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division. This is …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m up for two Aurora Awards this year! Fireboy is on the ballot for Best Young Adult Novel, and The Worldshapers is once again on the ballot for Best Fan …
I spent a good chunk of today at Wordbridge, the annual writers’ conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. My main reason for coming was to launch a Shadowpaw Press title (Broken Realm by Jenna Greene, a Lethbridge …
This is Easter weekend; last weekend, I sang in the Easter concert of First Baptist Church here in Regina as a guest soloist and chorister. The whole concert is worth listening to, but if you’d …
I put a link to this in the previous post on my Aurora-eligible work for 2025, but wanted to highlight it. This was my contribution to the Shapers of Worlds Volume V anthology, and it …
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The first sentences I wrote today…
For Blue Fire:
The Priest-Apprentice stayed through the end of her second dance, the show-ending Flame of Desire, but had vanished by the time Amlinn, wiping sweat from her bare midriff with a with linen towel–having carefully removed her navel jewel first; she had lost one one and her Grandfather had not been pleased–emerged from behind the stage.
Words today: 806
Total thus far: 12,387
For Magebane:
“My head hurts,” Lady Estra said, and her expression, even sourer than usual, seemed to support her claim.
Words today: 581
Total thus far: 21,643
A very short writing session today, alas, but at least I got a little something done on each of the books. And of course I wrote my science column today. Tomorrow’s word count should be higher.
I note that my publisher, DAW Books, is now Twittering! Their feed appears to have just gone live yesterday. Check it out!
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