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Welcome to WordPress

Finally. At last. And about time. This is what is going through my brain as I’ve finally got WordPress working and where I want it on my website. Things will be a bit jumpy around here over the next few days as I update my blogroll, create catagories (yah!) and...

Canada fails on adult literacy

Probably the biggest focus of my writing is creating stories that encourage reluctant readers to get hooked on books. This is usually done with high interest/low vocabulary books or more recently graphic novels, like my first book System Shock or my upcoming title...

Real World of Pirates

Real World of Pirates book covers One of the best things about writing a book (besides the worldwide celebrity it brings) is seeing the artwork and covers for the first time. When you’re writing a book or an article or anything really, you only see it as a plain old...

Way to go Mel!

Yesterday may have been Mother’s Day, but around here it was Mississauga Marathon Day. I had the pleasure of watching Melanie achieve a very big goal in her life: running a full half marathon. For those non-running lard-butts, like me, that’s 21 km. Running. Non-stop....