Hi Everyone, A fellow podcaster, author and friend of mine is doing a Kickstarter for his Dwarf detective, Billibub Baddings. Tee Morris is looking to release a new book in the series titled: The Curse of Dillinger’s Diamond:A Billibub Baddings Mystery. In an effort to attract more/new readers and supporters, Tee is giving away The Case of the Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery for free. Head to Smashwords and enter the coupon LQ36A to get The Case of the Singing Sword for FREE. To support Tee’s initiative, the Kickstarter link is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/teemorris/the-case-of-dillingers-diamond-a-billibub-baddings. This is a really fun series that I would love to see more of. If you are interested, please have a look.
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Muddled
There are days when I’m totally on top of things and others where I feel like I’m spinning out-of-control. I thought today was going to be an “on top of things day”. I got up early. Felt more or less refreshed so things were looking up. Then my bus didn’t show up and it all went downhill. I think my house of cards is starting to get too tall. So, I sat back, took stock of the situation and regrouped* (*Note: this was after a 1-hour work meeting that I hold weekly). What I find interesting is how I felt when I started this post and now, an hour after having to step away, how I’m doing. It’s almost like […]
Read moreMik Murdoch: The Power Within Update
I have been asked by many people, “When is the next Mik Murdoch book coming out?” While I don’t have a definitive date for the release of the next book, I can assure you, I am working diligently on it. I received my first set of edits back from the publisher in November and I have been writing/rewriting/revising ever since. Why so long? Well, my publisher and I want to give you the best book possible. That and I have this little thing called a day job. I need that to pay my bills and feed my family. I have a self-imposed deadline of the end-of-March to finish this round of edits. Once they are complete, I will be sending […]
Read moreMore Adventures in School Visits
Last Monday I had my first paid school visit. Note, I didn’t say, “my first school visit”. That actually happened last month when I spent the morning with a Grade 3 class at Ecole’ Holy Name school. That first visit was done as a donation of time for a school fundraiser. This time, however, I went as an honest-to-goodness paid author. It was done through a Writers In Schools program and I was to do two presentations to two Grade 8 classes Monday morning. Forty-five minutes each in the school library. I’ve known for a few weeks what I was going to talk about: Writing from Experience. I chose that topic because, when I first started to write seriously, I […]
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