1. There they are. Everywhere. But mostly in your personal space. Because of the noise. They will yell things that are regrettable and mildly offensive and then they will eat overly-salted fast food and make more loud noises and think of themselves in ways that no one else might ever think. They will drink things […]
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Ruining Young Minds Since 2011
My Twisters are now…in high school textbooks. Yes. Canadian students from grades 10 to 12 are being subjected to my Twisters among other far superior works. I sold two sets of Twisters (to the same publisher – but for different books) but this is the first textbook I’ve seen. Other than my contribution, I have […]
And now the Squishy Audiobook!
The good folk at Iambik have released the audio book version of Squishy. I’m thrilled, of course, and hope you purchase it for your audio pleasure. Some people are asking why I didn’t narrate the book myself. There are a few reasons but mostly the thing would have become a mumblefest. I’m a mumbler. Or, […]
Judging at Literary Death Match, London
I’m a big fan of the Literary Death Match, a crazy kind of Gong Show meets literary reading night that works for some reason. They take place almost weekly all over the world and if one comes to your town, you should go. I was a judge at the first Montreal event (pix here) and […]
The Dead Tree Society
This post, from the great Los Angeles Review of Books, is quite awesome and on the money. We need to stop blaming the internet for killing everything. It didn’t. The internet didn’t kill the music industry: the music industry did, by its disregard for musicians and music. In other words, they killed themselves because they […]
The Art of Procrastination
There is an art to procrastination and we are all proficient at it in various ways. I nailed it this weekend. I wanted to finish writing a short story all weekend and never got around to it. I thought about the story a lot (and the thinking is an important part of the writing process) […]
The Social
The internet is a social place. You meet people, share things, you “talk” without having to talk. The irony, of course, is that if you’re not very social in real life, you can still get your social fix in cyberspace and a lot of people do exactly that. Good for them. But there’s too much […]
It’s The Heat and Humidity
Heat. There’s some real heat out there now and while it feels nice, I don’t quite function properly in Montreal’s heat. I never have. It often surprises people (ok, it surprises Americans mostly) how hot Montreal gets in the summer and especially the humidity, which can be infernal, and I suppose I’m Canadian enough to […]
On Father’s Day
At the dining room table, my dad and my father-in-law are having some kind of discussion about Haiti. My father in law was recently hospitalized and shared a room with a Haitian gentleman. And suddenly my father and my father in law are discussing the history of Haiti and that country’s myriad problems, and the […]
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