I can’t begin to describe how good it feels to be back in the middle of writing a new novel. Besides developing Five Rivers publishing venture by adding Deb Salisbury’s great new book Elephant’s Breath and London Smoke to our spring line-up; finalizing a deal to publish Paul Lima’s How to Write a Book in 60 Days, and working on the fall promotional tour for And the Angels Sang, I’m now solidly into my new…
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce an upcoming book from Five Rivers, Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke: Historic Colour Names, Definitions & Uses, edited by Deb Salisbury. Deb owns and operates The Mantua-Maker, a company dedicated to the fabrication of quality, historical reproduction sewing patterns from Renaissance through Edwardian Eras. Her knowledge of historic garment fabrication, and dedication to research has resulted in this one-of-a-kind compendium that will prove indispensable to the historic costume maven. Elephant’s…
The Best Laid Plans, by Terry Fallis, is, in my opinion, a perfect novel, deserving of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and of every accolade it receives. If you haven’t yet read it you must, right now, rush out and purchase your very own copy; no, don’t borrow one, buy your own because it will be a mainstay on your bookshelf for years to come. Now, it’s best to understand it’s not easy to…
The launch of And the Angels Sang went beautifully yesterday. Books flew out the door. There was good response from people, and the staff at Coles, Orangeville Mall were absolute gems, as always. They had a great display set up prior to the signing, and had talked up the event all the week previous. In fact, they’re so pleased they’ve asked me to return Saturday, December 6, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., which I plan to…
Hundreds of articles, scores of short stories, and now five books later I realize I’ve created a considerable body of work, and that’s a somewhat puzzling and humbling thought. As John Lennon wrote: Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. I find myself thinking that quite a bit. And so now, while I’m writing this next novel, From Mountains of Ice, which I hope to release in the fall of 2009, I’ve…