Onward in weary celebration I guess
Finished a very rough version of my novella, secret book six. It's so rough and I'm so tired that I don't even feel like celebrating. I...
THE SWAN RIDERS comes out in paperback
Self: *comes back from writing retreat.* Self: “what’s in this big box?” Self: OMG SHINY. THE SWAN RIDERS paperback is out today! I...
A very Canadian apocalypse
Happy Canada day! Let's talk about the end of the world. I get both points (from Canadians) and odd looks (from everyone else) for...
Red letter day ...
Let it be noted that today I finished the first four chapters of a brand new novel. It's not to say I wrote four chapters today. It was...
The Pilgriming Vine
You guys want to hear the love theme from The Scorpion Rules? Like many writers I create playlists for each of my projects. I use mostly...
Discovering the Swans ....
On this day in 2011, I discovered an ending for The Scorpion Rules that didn't require me to kill off absolutely everyone. (If you've...
Why The Scorpion Rules is set in Saskatchewan
People are often curious about why The Scorpion Rules—which is after all a high concept science fiction political thriller—is set in (of...
First pass pages
Look what came: first pass pages for The Swan Riders. (The Swan Riders is the sequel to The Scorpion Rules, and it's coming out...
Behind the scenes of The Scorpion Rules: the booze!
Today I had a cocktail named “Strong and Free”: Canadian whiskey, maple syrup, apple cider, and Angostura bitters. I have decided that...
And now, an update on procrastination
Call it a glimpse of my process, or cheap content generated by cross-posting from my tumblr, or just plain procrastination, but I present...