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Exploring Castle Building
Guédelon Castle is one of the most astonishing places I’ve ever visited – a medieval fortress not preserved, but built from scratch using only 13th-century tools and techniques.…
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The Year of Secret Projects
Never in my career have I been involved in so many writing projects – not only my own, but collaborative ones with brilliant writers scheming to take over the…
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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…
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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…
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Denying Myself Chocolate
When I was a little kid, my mother read an article that said that, regardless of the type of food, 3500 calories equaled one pound. From this nugget…
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Gigging With Strange Bands
Of all the strange turns in my career – earning a degree in archaeology only to discover I hate digs, taking up fencing for fun only to end…
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Getting back into running
I used to run a few times a week – not crazy running, just, you know, normal guy huffing and puffing along. The most I’ve ever run was…
