Blog | Liam O'Donnell

Nether Nightmare off to beta readers. I go into hiding.

by liam | Apr 5, 2015 | Battle of the Blocks, writing news

This new world of publishing both thrills and terrifies me. I’m thrilled because in addition to writing fun books for traditional publishers (like my Tank & Fizz mystery series for Orca Book Publishers), I can also publish my own projects and get an...

Four More Essential Plugins for Minecraft School Servers

by liam | Apr 3, 2015 | Battle of the Blocks, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, Teacher's Guide

About two years ago, I made a promise to write a follow-up to my post: Essential plugins for Minecraft servers. That post never happened. I am a bad blogger. And more than one visitor to this blog and my personal blog told me as much. But that changes today! So, here...

Slime Stampede takes over Orca Publishers!

by liam | Mar 17, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, writing news

See what happens when someone lets the slimes out! No wonder Tank & Fizz are trying to stop the Slime Stampede in their first adventure. Don’t worry, this slime is completely harmless and totally easy to make. Just ask the amazing folks at Orca who...

The Monsters Have Arrived: Tank & Fizz Now Available!

by liam | Mar 1, 2015 | Tank & Fizz

The monsters are here! The monsters are here! (Don’t worry, that’s a good thing.) Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede is now available at your local bookstore and online everywhere. Run, slither or slurp your way to your local bookstore or...

Five Digital Tools to Get Reluctant Readers Reading

by liam | Feb 28, 2015 | reading resources, Teacher's Guide

A few weeks ago, I dropped by the fantastic Styling Librarian’s blog to share some of my favourite digital tools I use to get my students reading. You can read the post below, but you should totally drop by the Styling Librarian for a ton of great kids book...

Slimetastic reviews for Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede!

by liam | Feb 16, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, writing news

Turns out book reviewers like goblins and trolls. Who knew? With the launch for Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede only a few weeks again, reviews are rolling in and so far they’ve been slime-tastic. Kirkus reviews gets gooey: O’Donnell rolls out a...

Tank & Fizz are coming and they have a book trailer to prove it!

by liam | Feb 7, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, writing news

Ready for the monster invasion? Don’t worry, the beasts I’m talking about are in the fourth grade and eat choco-slug cookies, not people. That’s right, I’m talking about Tank & Fizz, my newest detective duo. The arrival of their first...

Five Books to Get Your Gamer Reading

by liam | Jan 18, 2015 | literacy, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news

Last week, I dropped by the fantastic Pragmaticmom blog to share my book picks to get gamers reading. I also shared a version of that of that post on the GamingEdus blog. So I figured, I might as well share on my own blog, too! So here it is in all its glory. Enjoy....