WritingSo I got back my novel, and the response was...confusing. I got not one but two letters from two different editors. One was an encouraging, the same a before. She was encouraging, but had problems with it still - some I agreed with, some I didn't - and didn't think my style was mature enough yet. She also thought it wasssThe other was a ( Read more... )

Happy New Year to all, and sorry for the long eras of radio silence ( Read more... )

Christmas was pretty good for most this year here in the Lothlórien-esque suburb of Saanich, save for a tiny cousin of mine who experienced his broken leg thanks to the high and slippery stairs in my parents' home ( Read more... )

I have been very absent. I was a zombie immediately after finishing my novel, and just went through two weeks of LJ f-list ( Read more... )

Those who follow me on Facebook know already - the deed is done. Today I sent my novel out again to the editor who liked the premise when I sent it out the first time. I have been revising it for one year and two weeks ( Read more... )

Sorry for the late lack of communication. I have been immersed in preparing to send my novel out. It looks like I will be sending it out as planned on Tuesday ( Read more... )

Well, after a six-month hiatus, I have finally updated my historical blog. In my defence, I had to research the history of golf in Canada for background. It was painful ( Read more... )

I know, I post this every year. But I think it's a more honest poem than "In Flanders Fields" - more reflective of what it felt like for a farmboy to be dragged by conscription from his home and everything he knew, and tossed into the meatgrinder of World War I ( Read more... )

The next thing on my to-review pile are the two graphic novels of Jeff Lemire that maidenofirisa gave me, The Nobody and Sweet Tooth. Short review: The Nobody is good, and Sweet Tooth is excellent.

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I really, really hope someone at CBC finds and destroys all of Brent Bambury's horcruxes soon, while there is still time. His new show is actually worse than GoI have been on social networking but rarely lately, though I've been trying to keep up with posts and I have been reading everything ( Read more... )