When George R.R. Martin Holds Up, and Points At, Your Book
In this article penned for the Globe & Mail, I discuss the freakish sequence of luck coincidence that precipitated one of the world's most popular authors "endorsing" my debut novel.
Shameless PR Hucksterism: Privilege Book Launch Edition!
Shameless PR Hucksterism is exactly what it says, but with the added awkwardness of me squirming against an ingrained antipathy toward all things self-promotional. Fun! As I close in on several theoretical release dates for Privilege (the publisher lists the date as November 1st, while on-line retailers, both indie and [...]
At the Top of the Temple
A social media refusenik, I negotiated my publisher down from Twitter (pure evil) to Instagram (a devil I didn’t much know). As fun as its been to reconnect with old or absent friends, I still find social media a depressing proxy for the type of relationships I truly enjoy (i.e., [...]
Brokegrant Mountain (part 1)
This is PART ONE of a series of posts exploring the brokenness of Canada’s grant funding model, with a particular focus on my own municipal organization, the Calgary Arts Development Authority. One of the books I read over the summer (its mid-October and Calgary has already been smacked around by [...]