I’m some kind of funny. In the OC! (check page 152) At least, that’s what my friend Amy (from this design firm – yes, yes, identical twins, I know) thinks. What does she know? Does it matter? Look who else is on the list: @kellyoxford (who has a new book out and it’s getting raves), [...]
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Big in the OC
Posted in News & Reviews Tagged Kelly Oxford, Locale magazine, NotBillWalton, Seinfeldtoday, The OC 2 Comments
New Short Story Published at Joyland
To celebrate the start of winter, or not – this is very subjective – I have a new story published by the great people at Joyland, called Cold. I’m lucky to live in a place that still has winter (I kind of like it) though it doesn’t have winter enough. We used to get a [...]
Posted in News & Reviews Tagged climate, cold, Joyland, Montreal, outdoor rinks, published, short story, slush, Toronto, winter Leave a comment
For the Love of Paste
I made Paste’s best Twitter accounts list again. Second year in a row. This year, I hope I receive a t-shirt at least. Or a squeeze toy.
The Media Starts Here
The book media has started to pick up on the novel, or at least the signing of the deal. It’s early yet, but it’s nice to know people are taking notice. I also like the very short synopsis ECW came up with: Waiting for the Man is about a dissatisfied copywriter who becomes a media sensation by [...]
Posted in News & Reviews Tagged book, ECW press, forest for the trees, Galleycat, novel, Quill & Quire, Waiting for the Man Leave a comment
This is my signature on my new book contract (signed this morning)
Yes. It is done. I signed on the proverbial dotted line. For the novel. More news to come. If I said I wasn’t relieved I’d be lying. See this space for more information soon. What kind of information? Like the publisher. And the pub date. Stuff like that. The deets as we say. Who’s we? [...]
Ask Me Anything
This Monday, September 3, 2012, at 9:00 PM (eastern time), I am going to answer questions online. You should start posting them right now on VYou (by clicking here). I will answer all of your questions I, especially the dumb and aggressively obnoxious ones. So start your Labor Day weekend by asking me a question. [...]
LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N81G-fI_oi8
Another Drunken Paper Puts Me on A List Made Up of People Who Tweet
Pity the Brits. Losing the Euro on penalty kicks (surely the most dastardly invention ever devised to solve a sporting event). Suffering through a summer of epic rain (no really, we all joke about the British weather but this year’s rain is breaking their records). Preparing for the Olympics with that English mixture of fatalism [...]
Posted in News & Reviews Tagged Andy Murray, Britain, England, Euro, gin and tonic, Rain, Scotland, Stanley Cup, Sunday Times, Toronto Maple Leafs, Twitter Leave a comment
Matchbook Stories
What happens when you about double the character count in a Twister? I don’t know. That sounds like nuclear physics. In the writing sense, however, you get a “matchbook story” – and apparently that’s what I’ve done. However, I don’t see any matchbook. Publishing a short story on a matchbook cover? That’s cool. Or it [...]
Posted in News & Reviews Tagged fire, matchbook story, nuclear physics, Publishing, Twitter 1 Comment
Twitter on the Radio
I recently did an interview with CKUT here in Montreal. You can link to the interview here. I appear at the 43 minute mark (approximately). The interview runs for about 12 minutes. I talk about Twitter, about writing and social media, about the changes in writing and The Writer brought about by the immediacy of [...]
