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Shit We All Say
This is pretty funny. Because it’s true. However, if I were to do a Shit Writers Say, we would come out looking worse… Shit Agents and Editors Say //
Twitter Rudeness
I have been a terrible host. Here I am, posting once-in-a-while blogs and stuff all this time and I haven’t bothered to invite you to Twitter. Yes, I’m there too. And I try my best to offer a daily bit … More
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait…and Wait…
Twelve years after its initial publication, the French translation of my first novel, Lost Girls (published by L’Archipel), has been given * * * 1/2 stars (out of four) in La Presse. It’s quite unusual for a book to do … More
Genre Blab – The Genre Traveler podcast
Carma Spence runs a very cool blog and site called The Genre Traveler (www.thegenretraveler.com) where, among other things, she posts podcasts with writers who till the fields of genre of all sorts. She looked me up and the result is … More
The Guardians makes The Globe and Mail Best 100 list!
Grey morning. Groggy. Kids climbing over me (“Daddy’s the human chair!”) Open the paper to see…The Guardians made The Globe and Mail Best 100 Books of the Year List. Make coffee. Feel better. Sun rises. More coffee. The Guardians – … More
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First Draft
I submitted a first draft of my new novel to my agents this week. They haven’t read it yet – nobody has, aside from me – so I have spent the last few days floating around, buoyed by a sense … More
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Outlines: The Smackdown
Over at the CBC Books website (an excellent – and sometimes even edifying – time-waster) there’s a debate between my friend and fellow writer Sheila Heti and myself about the matter of outlines. I’m in favour, Sheila against. As both … More
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THE GUARDIANS paperback…out now!
The title just about says it all. The trade paperback edition of The Guardians is available in stores and on-line (and everywhere else) in Canada and the U.S. on September 13, and though this announcement comes a day early, you … More
The Fall
I’ve been reading Milton’s Paradise Lost a lot these days (it plays an important role in the novel I’m working on) and so, whenever I hear someone say “the fall,” I automatically think of Adam and Eve, the Original Sin, … More
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Thriller Fest in New York
I am a Writers Convention virgin, at least when it comes to the US. No Bouchercon (yet), no Bram Stoker Weekend (definitely curious). But I’m about to lose it (as it were) in New York this year for Thriller Fest. There’s … More
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