Discussion among some of my colleagues arose a little while ago regarding naming practices in fiction. I must admit I was a little appalled at some of their responses. One writer chose to take an ordinary name and spell it backward to give it a funky, other-world sound, thus David would become Divad, or Susan become Nasus. Another writer chose to give places people names, and people place names, so that David became a country,…
This coming Saturday, June 20, our own Paul Lima will be appearing at Indigo Books at 2225 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., giving a brief seminar and signing copies of his hugely successful book, How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days. Paul’s seminar is absolutely free, and full of great insights that can apply not only to non-fiction writing, but fiction as well, as is his book. Well worth your…
While there are those people in PR who would caution against posting negative or less than successful engagements, I’m not that sort, and as a result I would have liked to have reported an enormously successful day at the Bruce County Museum. Unfortunately I can’t. Whenever I do a reading or signing I always send promotional posters and bookmarks to the coordinator at the venue. I did the same thing for the event at Bruce…
In Celebration of National Aboriginal Awareness DayAs part of Bruce County Museum’s weekend to mark National Aboriginal Awareness Day on June 21, I’ll be at the museum on Saturday, June 13, reading from And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song, to be followed by question and answer, and book signing. Hope you’ll be able to join me. Location & Time: Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre 33 Victoria St. N. Southampton, ON N0H 2L0 Tel:…
Today is the last day Five Rivers extends this special offer: every customer placing an advance order for From Mountains of Ice will receive a free, complimentary copy of my anthology of short, speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang. Should you decide to add one more book to your order, you’ll qualify for free shipping. The special will not show up on the website or through the secure shopping cart, but will be calculated after…