Pics in from Seminar in Orangeville

Many thanks to Patricia Gallant, Secretary of the Headwaters Writers’ Guild (http://www.owg.netfirms.com/), for this image taken during the seminar and signing Paul Lima (http://www.paullima.com/) and I did at Coles in Orangeville, Ontario on May 16. You can catch up with Paul, Saturday, June 20 at Chapters, 2225 Bloor Street (at Runnymede), Toronto, Ontario from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Paul will be doing a free seminar based on his book, How to Write a Non-fiction Book…

July Event Confirmed

I’ll be appearing Saturday, July 25, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Chapters, New Fairview Mall, 285 Geneva, St. Catharines, ON L2N 2G1. Readings from And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song will be followed by a question and answer period and book signing. Hope to see you there. To view all of Five Rivers events you can go to the calendar on our website http://www.5rivers.org/contents/en-ca/d91.html, or follow my own events through www.BookTour.com.

Hard Economic Times

The following article by Dr. Robert Runte is reprinted from On Spec Magazine, #76, Vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009. Layoffs. Fear of massive layoffs. It’s the fear, more than the reality, that’s driving the current recession, at least in Canada. And it’s that fear that has allowed corporations to extort massive government bailouts. It is worth noting in the midst of the current crisis that nobody is considering bailing out the arts, even though…

Advance Order Lorina’s new novel, ‘From Mountains of Ice’

Pre-order your signed, advance copy of From Mountains of Ice today from Five Rivers and win a free signed copy of And the Angels Sang. This offer will be available only for a limited time. From the back cover: Sylvio spent the past decade banished from Simare’s court, stripped of land, ancestral home and title – from Minister of National Security to back-country bowyer. But not any bowyer; Sylvio creates bows from laminations of wood…

Great Response in Orangeville

Yesterday’s seminar/signing at Coles in Orangeville was a resounding success! Membership from the Dufferin Writers Guild attended, as did others from the area, with mall shoppers stopping in and sometimes staying for the duration. Paul Lima kicked things off discussing the methodology behind his book, How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, which was followed by me illustrating my similar practices when handing fiction. We then opened the floor to discussion, which was…