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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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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Blood and Chrysanthemums was not a music-enhanced writing experience in the same way the other books have been.  I listened to music while writing, of course, but the only specific music that related to the novel was a CD of classical Japanese music that I bought to listen to while writing the Fujiwara sections. B&C […]

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Or at least the 1970s.  During my early convention-going years, I did do the costume thing a few times, mostly as an excuse to dress up.   I didn’t have nearly the talent for it that today’s crop of cosplayers does but I did enjoy myself.  So here, in honour of FanExpo and for whatever dubious entertainment […]

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Like all writers, I love interesting words. English is rich with expressive, specific, harmonious and sometimes odd words and we tend to use a fraction of them in our daily lives. There’s a Canadian project to not only reclaim these fascinating words but to raise awareness and money for a disease that robs us of […]

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The cover of Cold Hillside is done and it’s gorgeous.  It wasn’t at all what I was expecting but it works on many levels with the story.  Thanks to Vince Haig and the team at ChiZine.            

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  Not only can you ask me anything (or almost), if you RSVP now you have the chance to win the e-book collection. RSVP now!  (My old copywriting instincts are coming back…)

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