It’s been a while since my last novel (The Tangled Stars came out in late 2022), but I’m pleased to say I’ll have a new novel out this summer. This one is a middle-grade/YA modern-day …
Last night, I had the privilege of performing one of my favourite Christmas songs, “O Holy Night,” for Westhill Park Baptist Church’s Christmas Eve service. And here’s my performance! I hope you enjoy it. Also, …
Andy Philp, host of The Philp Side on CJTR Community Radio here in Regina, asked me to record “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore (better known by it’s first line, “‘Twas the …
The Kickstarter to support three of the titles Shadowpaw Press is publishing this fal, two science fiction novels and one fantasy, funded at $1,805 of the $1,500 CDN goal. Thanks to everyone who kicked in! …
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Well, I did it again: led the Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop (created by science fiction and fantasy author James van Pelt) at a writing conference, this time, Wordbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. Here’s the story I …
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Belated Saturday Special from the Vaults: Sonnet Sonnet
Delayed once more by festive cheer,
I make my first post of the year!
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How serious are you, my poet friend,
About the craft to which your heart aspires?
Do your words borrow pain, and seek to lend
Unto the world the vision it requires?
Do you object to light verse as a waste
Of energy best spent on grander things?
Do you desire to scale the heights and taste
The clear, sweet air where lofty language rings?
To don poetic glory like a bonnet,
My friend, I think that you should write a sonnet.
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