“True Magics” Release Date!!!

Hi everyone! We have finally nailed down our release date for True Magics. We had hoped to have it ready for fall 2014, but after consulting with my editor and publisher at Dragon Moon Press, we have all agreed to push it back to ensure the book is at the level of...

This Writing Life 3: Making a Living

Every now and then I sit back in my kitchen chair, look around with surprise and wonder how I got this lucky. Because I am, make no mistake about it. Hard work is no guarantee for success. If it were, there’d be a lot more successful people in this world.  I worked...

Marketing True Magics 2: It’s Not Just the Book

To review: I have finished True Magics, third book in my Magics Trilogy (you can buy Small Magics and Cold Magics here), I have a contract to have them published this fall, and I have time to build a proper marketing campaign. So what do I do next? Being a good little...

This Writing Life 2: How I Got Here

The final step was losing my job. The first step was thirty-five years earlier in grade 3 at William Grayson School in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, when I decided to write a book. It wasn’t original – the characters and stories came from comics I was reading. It probably...

Marketing “True Magics” 1: It’s Written! Now What?

I’ve got True Magics written! It’s done! And I have a contract with a Dragon Moon Press to publish it! This is amazing! It’s wonderful! It’s… … the third time I’ve done this. And yes, it is still cool. My first published novel was Small Magics (2007), my second...