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Writing is my AEIOU and Sometimes Y
Note to self: kids are really smart. Case in point. The other day I got interviewed by a grade 10 student. He needed to dissect a living writer for a class project, and somehow, poor guy, he got...
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Re-writing is your Friend
People often ask me how many times I re-wrote my first novel, Ultra. Trust me when I say, YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW. I wrote the first version waaaaaay back, in the summer of 2008. It was 20,000 words...
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This is What a Dream Comes True Looks Like:
Yesssss! My first novel. In my hands. For realsies. It was the hardest thing I ever did. Writing the thing was only half the battle. Getting it published was even harder. But this feeling, this...
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Grab your Dream by the Throat and Don’t Let Go
Something lovely happened over the weekend. Mary Ito, the host of CBC’s Fresh Air, gave a great plug for my book. I didn’t hear it, but friends did. They told me that a woman who’d heard my interview...
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What Maurice Sendak Taught Me
What’s the best thing about being an author? Signing books for kids. It’s not enough to just sign your name. Not for me, anyway. I like to write special messages. If I’ve got time, I’ll write a...
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You’re the Inspiration!
How do authors come up with their characters? We dream them up in our heads, right? Sorta. But not exactly. If you’ve read my novel “Ultra” then you already know that the main character is a 13...
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Why Do I Write? Reason #231
Five months have passed since my little book was published, but I still haven’t gotten used to being an author. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, see the glowing orange letters on my...
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How Writing = Running (Part 17)
Number of seconds left until spring: 3,884,927. Oops, make that 3,884,925. I mean 3,884,923. Of course, anybody who’s ever spent any time outside knows that there’s no such thing as four seasons....
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The Perks of Being an Author
Being an author’s cool. You get to make up stories, you can wear a beret and no one complains, and from time to time people send you fan mail and tweets. Just finished reading Ultra by @Writerunrepeat...
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A Blur of Inspiration
My new novel, Sight Unseen, isn’t about running. Instead, it’s about mountain biking. White-knuckle trail rides down vertical walls of rock. Stomach-twisting gap jumps and body-crushing endos....
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Running Through Opposite Land
This year’s Haliburton 50-miler shouldn’t have gone well. The previous two weeks had been insane, what with the launch of my new radio show, and the impending publication of my novel. I got 8 hours of...
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Publication At Last
My new novel, Sight Unseen, just hit the bookstores. A bit of a miracle really. Two years ago, after ‘Ultra’ was published, I didn’t have a single idea for a follow-up book. But then I got a phone...
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