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Up and Down: Chapter 13
In Chapter 13, Landon and Eugene catch a ride on the famed “Vomit Comet” and then fly to California for a spin on the 20 G centrifuge. Next week, Chapter 14, as Landon, Eugene and David head to the...
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Neil Armstrong
As we enter the final countdown to the launch (pun intended) of my third novel, Up and Down, many people have been asking me about the origins of this story. (I have written about it before on the...
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Up and Down: Chapter 14
In Chapter 14, the scene shifts to the Kennedy Space Centre where David greets an unexpected visitor, and Landon suits up for the ride of her life. As they say at NASA, “it’s time to light this...
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Up and Down: Chapter 15
In Chapter 15, the shuttle Aeres docks with the International Space Station and Landon is forced to dust off some skills she hasn’t used for a very long time. Next week, Chapter 16 as crew of the...
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Up and Down: Chapter 16
In Chapter 16, Landon and the crew of the Aeres make a triumphant return to Earth, while David has a near-death experience when he makes it back into the Turner King offices in Toronto. Next week,...
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Up and Down: Chapter 17
In Chapter 17, the final chapter in the novel, David Stewart makes an unexpected trip out to Cigar Lake B.C. The novel is now available in bookstores or through online retailers including Amazon and...
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Go west young man…
So I did. I’ve just returned from a 12-day book tour through western Canada, organized by the incomparable Frances Bedford, my publicist at McClelland & Stewart/Random House. It was really the...
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Six years later…
Each year for the last six, I’ve been enumerating the blessings in my writing life in an annual blog post. This is it for 2012. I have much for which to be thankful. In 2012, I gave 121 talks and/or...
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I’m out of the gate… on novel #4
Well, it’s official. Having spent the fall taking the ever-evolving idea for my fourth novel from my head, where it’s been steeping for a year, and mapping out the story in a 46 page outline, I have...
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BookManager releases bestsellers list for 2012
This is a thrill and a half. The fine folks at BookManager, the organization that tracks sales from independent booksellers across Canada, has released their annual list of the top-selling books of...
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Say what? A CBA Author of the Year Finalist?
I’m not quite sure how to process this, but it seems I’m a finalist for the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year Libris Award. It’s an annual honour handed out by the independent...
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Wow… still reeling…
This past Monday evening, I was emceeing the 2013 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards at the Toronto Congress Centre. It was wonderful meeting, and having dinner with, the legend Alice...
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Writing Update: No Relation (4th Novel)
On January 5th, 2013, I recorded on this blog that I had officially started writing the manuscript for my fourth novel, No Relation. Well, I’m thrilled to report that two days ago, my editor, Doug...
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New TBLP cover promoting the TV series
McClelland & Stewart has added a little flourish to the cover art for the next printing of The Best Laid Plans to tie it in to the upcoming CBC TV series. Here’s the result:
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Thrilled to sign with M&S for my next two novels
This happened a while ago, but the news was just released today. I’ve signed a two-book deal with McClelland & Stewart, under the Douglas Gibson Books imprint. Doug Gibson will still be my editor....
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On the set of the TBLP TV miniseries: Surreal
This past Monday, my wife Nancy, older son Calder, and I drove up to Ottawa to spend the afternoon on the set of the TV miniseries based on my first novel, The Best Laid Plans. I really didn’t know...
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Up and Down somehow wins Evergreen Award
I am feeling very lucky. I may just pick up a lottery ticket on my way home from the office. I found out late last week that Up and Down had been named the winner of the Ontario Library Association’s...
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A three-book e-bundle for the holidays!
Just in time for the season of giving, McClelland & Stewart is making a three-novel omnibus ebook available starting December 10th. It seems to be priced at $29.99 for The Best Laid Plans, The High...
View ArticleA behind-the-scenes look at the TBLP miniseries
Here’s a very cool mini-documentary offering a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Best Laid Plans miniseries airing on CBC Television in January 2014.
View Article“Blurbs” for No Relation
It’s always very gratifying when other writers and prominent people agree to read your manuscript, and then offer glowing words to adorn the cover of your book. I tend to read these “blurbs” when I’m...
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