Today, I get to do something I’ve been waiting for since I first became a father. Today, I get to take one of my children skiing. That may not sound like anything earth-shattering and perhaps it isn’t, but it means a new stage in my relationship with my son. I am really looking forward to it. It also means a new set of experiences I can use in my writing (naturally) but that isn’t why I’m going. I am going to enjoy some family time, pure and simple. So, today I am going to take the day off from writing and editing and podcasting. Today, I am simply going to be a dad. Have a good day.
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It Has Been a Good Year
As I spend time with my family, I can’t help but reflect on the positives of 2012. First and foremost, my family continues to be healthy and happy. My children are doing well in school and my wife is enjoying her job. Get Published will hit its 100th episode in less than two weeks and I have many more interesting people already lined up for year five. The Action Pack Podcast is also going well. On the writing front, Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero was released August 1st and is gaining momentum. I’ve also got book two of the series under contract. The anthology, A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil is under contract and will be released next […]
Read moreMik Murdoch, Audio book
One thing that I have a lot of difficulty with is looking at my own work with an unbiased eye. I suspect that is a problem many writers have. For the first time, I have heard (if not read) what it is like for my audience. I am listening to the Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero audio book proof and it is very strange for me. I’m not doing the narration so I am hearing someone else’s interpretation of the book. It is giving me a brand-new appreciation of the story. It is a lot of fun laughing at scenes (or being moved in other ways) simply from the reading of the story. I have a better idea of what works […]
Read moreBig Publishing Still Doesn’t Get Digital Books
Yesterday I was delighted to see that the oh-so-talented Jody Lynn Nye had just released a new Myth book. I have been a fan of the series since the first book hit the shelves in 1978 (I read the comic rendition first). For those of you in the know, the Myth series was originally written by Robert Asprin who passed away in 2008. I mourned the passing of a favourite writer and his works and thought the adventures in his universes were over. That’s what makes the release of a new book so special for me; I had never thought to see another in the series. That may still be the case for me. Once I saw how much they were […]
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