On July 1, I had the honour to lead the singing of “O Canada” at the Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party at Government House in celebration of Canada Day. And here’s a video! Here I am …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, already a finalist for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards and finalist for a 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division, has just been …
Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
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 …
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The first sentence I wrote today…
The subs from Jumpoff Station hadn’t yet arrived when Emily and Farley and their unexpectedly still-living prisoner reached the shattered pier.
Current word count: 66,153
New words this session: 1,413
Percentage of novel completed: 66.1
Got in an hour today after the wine and food festival wrapped up. It was a fabulous time as always, but a bit wearing. Much as I enjoy the tastings and the food, by the end of the final lunch I’m more than ready to sit quietly somewhere with a nice uncomplicated drink that doesn’t require you to think so much…which is exactly what I did, working on the new novel in the old lobby of the hotel with a nice simple Diet Pepsi at hand while a piano player tinkled the ivories not too far away.
Back to Regina tomorrow, if the roads cooperate. They had a fairly substantial snowfall here in Banff last night and I fear we’ll be chasing the system all the way to Saskatchewan.
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