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From Squid to Eternity

Margaret Atwood (in)famously referred to science fiction as “talking squids in outer space,” a remark to which I would take great umbrage if not for the fact that my DAW novel Lost in Translation contains a character, Karak, master of the Guild of Translators, described thusly:  Free of the watersuit and its exoskeleton, his shape was nothing …

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Blue Fire or bust

Those who have followed my occasional series “The First Sentence I Wrote Today,” a.k.a. on Twitter as TFSIWT, will know that I have been working, interminably, on a young adult fantasy novel called Blue Fire. I’ve written it. I’ve re-written it. I’ve re-re-written it. It first came in at a ridiculous length, so I chopped …

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Two more Follies performances left…

Jeff Tonita and company sing “Live, Laugh, Love” …and then I can think about other things again. After a week of rehearsals and performances mixed in with other stuff, I was more tired after last night’s show than I think can remember ever being before. But a good night’s sleep took care of that, and …

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It’s the second night of Follies!

Last night’s opening performance of Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Stephen Sondheim’s rarely-stage musical masterpiece Follies went very well. We had a decent-sized audience for a Wednesday opening and they seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. So now it’s on to the second night. You can’t buy tickets online for tonight’s performance any more, but you …

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Follies opens tonight!

It’s opening night for Lyric Musical Theatre of Regina‘s production of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Follies. We’re quite certain this is the first time the show has ever been done in Saskatchewan, and there’s a strong possibility it’s the first time there’s been a fully-staged version of it in Canada (although there have certainly been …

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Grandpa, big brother, and me

My brother Jim took home a bunch of my father’s old slides after his visit with my Mom over the weekend, and has started scanning some of them and posting them over on Facebook. I particularly liked this one. This is me (the little guy), my brother Dwight (five years older to the day) and …

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Terra Insegura: the actual book!

I’ve posted the wonderful Stephan Martiniere cover art of Terra Insegura several times on my blog (and of course it’s plastered all over my website as a whole), but today I finally got my author’s copies of the actual book. It’s always a thrill to see the actual published book, and I’m pleased to see …

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World Book Day Saskatchewan a success!

  I attended a terrific event today at Regina’s St. Gabriel and Jack MacKenzie schools. Called World Book Day Saskatchewan, it was a celebration of Saskatchewan authors. Besides myself, Alison Lohans, Anne Patton, Dave Glaze, Deana Driver, Glenda Goertzen, Jean Freeman, Judith Silverthorne, Linda Aksomitis, Lori Punshon, Mary Harelkin Bishop, Maureen Ulrich, Mercedes Montgomery, Myrna …

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Photos of the Day that were Actually Taken Sunday: The Robins

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Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken Sunday: There Goes the Sun

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Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken Tuesday: Me in Rouleau

I had a school reading in Rouleau (Corner Gas-watching readers may know it better as Dog River) on Tuesday. Here I am in “action” (I use the term loosely) reading a few pages from my new YA SF proposal. I also read from Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky, talked about myself (I’m very good at …

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Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer

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