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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Writing Diary: July 5, 2004
Today is Monday–science column today. Today’s column was all about germs, and where they really lurk, as opposed to where people think they lurk; a recent study by “Dr. Germ” tells all. Details tomorrow when I post the column itself.
That done, it was off to Second Cup for an hour with Excalibur Reforged; today was straight rewriting of an existing chapter, really just minor editing, since it seemed to be in pretty good shape. No additional scenes from Wally required; that’ll come tomorrow. I’m about, oh, a third of a way through the rewrite–what I would have called the “second draft” in the days when I’d actually be retyping the sucker on paper as I went.
Then I worked on the Orson Scott Card bio; I hope to get a couple of chapters done this week. Gotta move that sucker along…
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