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Why 2015 will be like 2004 (I hope)

by liam | Dec 31, 2014 | life, writing news

It’s December 31st, 2014. That means the Year in Review lists are clogging up your newsfeeds, webpages and neural datastreams (if you’re reading this in 2025). This is another one of those. Sorry. I’ll admit that I write them mostly for myself....

My Print on Demand fail is your win

by liam | Dec 13, 2014 | Battle of the Blocks, literacy, video games, writing news

I’m not good a keeping track of stuff. My desk is a collection of piles of papers, books and gadgets that I tell myself is organized into a “system”. But it’s not. It’s just what it looks like: piles of stuff. Being this way is not a...

Tank & Fizz Advanced Reading Copy actually exists!

by liam | Sep 30, 2014 | comics, literacy, Tank & Fizz, works in progress, writing news

It seems every day I come home there’s something cool waiting for me in the mailbox. On Friday, it was this. Today, it was the awesome book pictured below: That’s right, Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede became a little more real today....

Happiness is a book reprinted

by liam | Jul 26, 2014 | comics, writing news

With all my experimenting with ebooks and print on demand (POD) publishing, there is still nothing that can replace the thrill of having your books get reprinted by your publisher. That’s what happened last week when the books in the photo above landed on my...

Having a blast creating comics with kids at Toronto Public Library

by liam | May 17, 2014 | appearances, comics, education, Teacher's Guide, writing news

I’m mid-way through running a four week writing workshop for kids at the Toronto Public Library and I’m having a blast. This is the second year I’ve run the Get Graphic: Writing Comics (When You Can’t Draw) workshops and I’m having more...