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 (Saturday)…
The lights from Jumpoff Station provided plenty of illumination this close to the giant spheres, but not far away the darkness lurked, waiting for them.
Current word count: 55,954
New words this session: 991
Percentage of novel completed: 55.9
Most of today was spent on moving (except for going to the Regina Symphony Orchestra concert tonight and a brief playground interlude with my daughter). All my desktop computer equipment is now in my new office, but I still have my laptop in my old office and I left the wireless router in place so I have Internet access. I should still have access through tomorrow evening. Monday is the actual move-the-furniture day, and my high-speed access won’t be in place in the new office until Tuesday midday, so I’ll probably fall silent for a day and a half or so.
Although you never know. I do have other methods. There’s something called “dial-up” for instance…
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