News: What I'm working on now
I am working on my fourth novel, a psychological mystery fantasy
set in a country somewhat like Bhutan. With fairies.
Where I’ll be this Fall
All over town, it seems.
First up, I’ll be at the Royal Sarcophagus Society’s booth at The Word on the
Street on September 27th, Queen’s Park, Toronto.
Then, we dive right into the Scary Monster Beautiful show by my friends at
The House of Pomegranates. This 9-day show will feature art by Sarah Pomegranate
and Magda Trzaski, fashions by Elizabeth Pomegranate, photographs by Jowita
Bydlowiska, music by Kalte and DJ Roomtone and a special Gothic & Lolita
Tea Party featuring the girls of CyanideNoire. I’ll be reading during the “Beautiful
Monsters” literary night on October 16, along with Sandra Kasturi, Liisa Ladouceur,
Andrew Pyper and more. This won’t be like any reading you’ve ever been to,
trust me. Sarah’s original illustration for Chrysanthemum
Shadows plus some
new art for a manga version of A
Terrible Beauty will also be on display. Tickets
for the reading and other events, plus more information on
the whole show, are available at www.houseofpomegranates.com.
Finally, on October 25th, I’ll be at the Bizarre of the Bazaar, hanging out
at the Royal Sarcophagus Society Booth. Last year’s event was a huge success
and this year’s bazaar, under the direction of the fine folks at Plastik Wrap,
should be even better. For more information and a list of vendors, visit www.thebazaarofthebizarre.org.
June 2009
My apologies for the extremely long time it's taken me to update
this site. Technological challenges, a demanding work schedule
and sheer inertia were the main culprits. But there are changes
underway ...
This lovely new site design is just the first step to my joining
the current century so stay tuned for more transformations.
I've signed up to participate in the AWOL
Gallery Square Foot Show again and will be doing a mosaic
of either Louise Brooks or a flaming heart. Come to the show
in August and see which one it was.
Some personal resolutions will, I hope, give me more time and
energy to write and perhaps I'll have better news to report on
that front soon.
If you're in Toronto, come by the House of Pomegranates Press
booth at the Small
Press Fair on June 13th, check out the current books and
say hello.
Small Press Fair
June 13, 2009
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
September 2008
The new book is off at the printers, but here's a sneak preview
of the cover and one of the illustrations. If you're in
Toronto, come see me at The Word on the Street at the Royal Sarcophagus
Society booth and be sure to check out the "Bazaar of the
Bizarre" on October 19th.
August 2008
No news on the novel but several other creative ventures are
coming to fruition.
As part of my research for the novel, I took a course in mosaics
and found I enjoyed it. My project for this summer was
a sugar skull and, as added incentive, I signed up for the Square
Foot Show at the AWOL Gallery. Much to my surprise, someone
bought the piece. You can see if below and find out more
about the event via the link.
WELCOME TO
AWOL GALLERY &
STUDIOS
My friends at The House of Pomegranates Press have always wanted
to do an illustrated version of the Japanese diary section of Blood
and Chyrsanthemums and now it's finally happening. The
book will be available this fall for The Word on the Street in
Toronto. You'll also be able to order through The Royal
Sarcophagus Society store (http://www.therss.com/)
and I'll be at the RSS "Bazaar of the Bizarre" on October
19th. As with Discovering Japan, there will
be both regular and hand-bound editions available.
December 2007
The big news for 2007 was the publication of my short story
collection, containing almost all the short stories I've written,
some memories and comments about each and an excerpt from "Cold
Hillside", the novel in in progress.
There's a trade paperback version with the cover you see below
and a limited number of hand-bound hardcover copies created by
David Keyes. There are a few copies available at Bakka
Phoenix Books in Toronto or you can order on-line through the
Royal Sarcophagus Society (see link below).
On the novel front, this year was even slower than last year,
despite the fact that the lovely sex and death parts were on
the agenda. Here's hoping for a better 2008.
For more information or to order your copy, go to www.therss.com.
June 2007
No substantial progress on the novel but there will be a short
story collection published by The House of Pomegranates, an imprint
of the Royal Sarcophagus Society Press. This will include
all my previous short stories, plus an excerpt from the new novel
and likely a story or two that have never found homes. And
possibly a CD, if the stars align. Stay tuned to the RSS
web site http://www.therss.com/ for
more news. The launch is scheduled for September 2007 and
the book will be available at the RSS booth at The Word on the
Street.
January 2007
Not a very productive year, sad to say. Work demands kept
me busy and drained a good portion of my energy. The only
good news is that there is the beginning of a plan to publishing
a short story collection with a small press. I promise
to update my web site once the final plans are in place.
February 2006
Things proceed at a reasonable pace. I survived my first
public reading from the work in progress at "Wanderlust:
Erotic tales form Strange Lands", a RSS event.
http://www.therss.com/
I was the "strange lands" part.
October 2005
I wish I could say I'm done, but I'm not...
The good news is that I have been making my targets of 25,000
words a year, have passed the 100,000 word mark and have lots
more story to go. There are still lots of unanswered questions
- and I've left one character sitting in an archive for far too
long - but it seems possible to finish it someday.
Then I'll likely have to rewrite it, but there you go.
June 2004
My apologies for the delay in updating this site. Sheer
laziness in reinstalling Front Page is my only excuse. After
my October 2003 post about how unproductive I'd been, things
improved considerably. I signed up for "National Novel
Writing Month", the goal of which is to spur people to write
a 50,000 word new novel in the month of November. Needless
to say, this was impossible for me, so I set a goal of 10,000
words. The necessity to churn out 200 words a day and post
my total on the web site helped turn off my nasty internal editor
and I made my target. I then wrote 5,000 more words in
December and am on target so far in 2004.
The original plan was to be finished the first draft by the
end of this year but, as I'm at about 85,000 words and there
is a good deal more than 15,000 more words of story, I suspect
it might take longer.
But I take what I can get.
The National Novel Writing Month web site: http://www.nanowrimo.org/
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