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Heading to Dragon Con
My first time at the legendary Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia from August 29th to September 2nd! Oddly, I was just in Atlanta earlier this year, but I’ll be returning at the end of August as a guest. Not sure yet of my panels and such, but presumably those should appear on the website soon.…
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The Phoenix Crown
A fun and adventurous historical novel set in San Francisco in 1906.
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Writing Our Lady of Blades
Our Lady of Blades is, without doubt, the most intricate book I’ve ever written. In fact, it’s taken more passes than I can count to pull off the endless narrative magic tricks that make the story so compelling for me to write. Here’s the synopsis: Rijou’s notorious Court of Blades is as corrupt as it…
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The Keep Within
An excellent, twisting fantasy novel full of intrigue and charm.
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Writing Fate of the Argosi
Fate of the Argosi is the third Ferius Parfax book, which is a prequel to Spellslinger. Without spoiling the premise too much, this instalment of young Ferius will see our beloved Path of the Wild Daisy return to her deck of disharmony cards to tackle her debts. But instead, she might just find more trouble…
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Fun Writing Experiments
Writing experiments are always fun. Especially when they are coupled with friends like Miles Cameron, another Canadian novelist, and dear friend. During our last bout together, we tried to write a short story in an hour whilst in a hotel room in downtown Toronto. Suffice it to say, harsh deadlines aside, it was an amusing…
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In London and Edinburgh
So, my travels for the next several months include journeying to London for the launch of my latest book, The Malevolent Seven, in late May. I suspect the atmosphere of merry old London will be a little bit different this trip, in the wake of the new King’s Coronation, but it’s one of my favorite places…
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Cycling to Castles
Most of my trip this summer will be done on bicycles, which have the dual virtues of being outdoors and of seeing things more closely and deeply than from cars or busses. I have a few upcoming novels and stories that need to feature some medieval-esque towns and castles, so France is always an excellent…
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In Southern France
Travel has been a huge part of my life since I was a young boy. I drove $200 beater cars so I wouldn’t waste money that could better be spent on plane tickets and learned to love youth hostels and the sounds of other people snoring because it meant I could go on longer trips.…
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Writing Our Lady of Blades
Our Lady of Blades is the first book in the Duellist Series. Story Journals are where I talk about the writing of the books I’m working on. I update these with the latest content at the top, so start from the bottom if this is new to you. August 2021 – A return to the…