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Best spam subject line ever

This just landed in my inbox: “The Chronicles of the Rogue Pirate Ninjas: Act One.” Really. Do these spammers know about my ongoing pirate fixation? They’re getting good. I’m really tempted to click the link on this one. But, I’m no slave...

Super time at Super Conference

Friday’s Super Conference was great. The Metro Convention Centre was packed with publishers, librarians, and fellow authors all eager to buy, sell and talk about books. What can be better than that? Being on time for your own signing, for one thing. Troubles on...

Oxford and Pearl go exploring

Before I rush off to the OLA Super Conference tomorrow, I wanted to mention the new French translation of the first Oxford and Pearl mystery I wrote a few years ago. The Missing Snowball, appears in the Jan/Feb 2007 issue of Les Explorateurs magazine. In the...

Heading to OLA Super Conference

I am out and about this Friday February 2nd for the Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2007. You can catch me twice (you lucky people!) as I will be signing copies of Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook Vol. 1 at the Owlkids booth from 9:30 am to 10:00 am....

Frosty running fool

Although I haven’t really written about it, I have been keeping up with my running. I know. No one is more surprised than me. But despite my moaning and wailing before each run, I am getting a lot of satisfaction from getting outside and hitting the pavement....

Getting graphic with science

As a writer, you know you are over the hump of winter when your new spring titles start arriving from the publishers. Fortunately, 2006 was a busy year for me, so there are a few new book arrivals to talk about. The first are my three new Graphic Science titles from...

Progressing with WiPs

Silence around here means one thing: I’m writing! The last few weeks have been pretty hectic with various WiPs. So much so, that I’m creating a new category just to talk about them: works in progress. First off, I just submitted to my great agent the first...

And we’re off . . .

2007 is here and it is back to work for us all. I am excited for this year because not only am I working on some great new projects, but I also get to finally see some of my past projects come to life. In 2007, watch out for a new Max Finder Mystery book, a new...