Catnip for writers
I’m like most writers I’ve heard of, in that I can’t get enough stationery. Yes, I’d love new index cards or a notebook or pencils or pe...
Author: Reay
Happy Valentunes Day
My wife is a teacher in the provincial Catholic board, and as one of her many self-imposed duties, has taken it upon herself over the decades to introduce her s...
Support your local indie book shop
As I was adding links to my previous post, it occurred to me that I was using Indigo (our big Canadian book store chain) to specify what books I was talking abo...
What I read this month
On the one hand, I was pretty happy with how much I got read this month, what with trying to read more. On the other hand, it occurred to me a couple of weeks b...
What I’m working on
I was recently struck with an idea for a fantasy story, almost more of a fairytale, that had some dark elements to it. Not Tim Burton dark, but definitely with ...
Expanding horizons
I recently posted that my award-winning friend Ricky Lima had suggested a while ago that I focus on writing comics, and that I had started doing so and was enjo...
2020: A new decade! But not. But so.
And lo, it began: The celebratory ringing in of a new year and, some said, a new decade. Only to be quashed by those who pointed out that *ahem* Actually, no, a...
The passing of a legend
It’s being reported today that drumming legend Neil Peart passed away this Tuesday after battling brain cancer for the last three years. It’s diffic...
New year, new website
It’s been far too long in coming, but hopefully in short order, this website will not only be live (it actually is now, though no one’s checking it ...
Happy New Year and other things
Yes, Happy New Year, as this is the first, if belated, post of 2020. For anyone wondering, I have four resolutions for the year, which seems a reasonable amount...