It’s been a year since Cold Hillside was released, which seems unbelievable.  (What, you haven’t read it? Go read it. f you have, thanks!) I would like to thank everyone who took the time to post a review on Goodreads or Amazon or reviewed it on their site. It’s been really gratifying that most of the people who enjoyed […]

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  There have been one or two comments about the fact that Cold Hillside appears to be set in a matriarchy.  One person objected to this, on the grounds that reverse oppression is not an improvement over the original brand (a fair opinion). I didn’t set out to create a matriarchical culture for Lushan.  The […]

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It’s been a very long time since I posted here, obviously. I’ve launched the book, been to Italy, survived the summer in a blur of activity, haven’t completely imploded from my job and it’s already September. Time to get back in the world and start doing things again, even writing a blog no one reads. […]

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I’ll be reading in Peterborough on April 2nd as part of the ChiZine Peterborough series. Time: 5:00 Place: Sadleir House, 751 George Street North, Peterborough, Ontario   And on April 10th and 11th, I’ll be at Ad Astra.  I’m doing 3 panels and a reading. If you’re in the area, come on out and say hello. […]

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On my way to the “Page to Screen” cocktail party designed to link Canadian writers and publishers with film and TV production companies, I was thinking about the ways in which each of my books might work -or not – as a movie or television show. I love movies and it’s very clear that what makes […]

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    I just finished the rather long process of recording an audio version of Cold Hillside as a gift to a friend. I’m not a bad reader, but it was definitely a challenge.  First of all, I had to actually listen to a few audio books.  I found that interesting but time-consuming – I could have […]

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And now comes the time in a book’s life when the reviews start. I wish I was one of those writers who could grandly proclaim that I never read reviews but that would be a complete lie. I shamelessly admit to googling myself. A good review will make me happy and a bad review will […]

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Discovered somewhat belatedly that I’d made a couple of “to read” lists. The io9.com list is always a good source for my own “to read” list and November’s installment featured 3 ChiZine books, including Cold Hillside.   Also made it onto a list on Buzzfeed. I guess that means this thing is real…   Also, […]

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Thanks to Vincent Haig for the incredible cover art, Sam Beiko for the cover design, Sandra Kasturi for believing in this book, and to everyone at CZP!

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Cold Hillside turned out to be like neither A Terrible Beauty nor Blood & Chrysanthemums when it comes to the music I associated with writing it. While it didn’t have either artists or songs that connected directly to the content, I had an ITunes playlist called “Cold Hillside”, which is certainly more than I would […]

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