by liam | Feb 16, 2014 | Teacher's Guide, writing news
When I visit schools or run writing workshops for kids (which I’m doing this spring at the Toronto Public Library), I’m often asked how to get started as a writer. It used to go something like this: 1. Write a great story. 2. Send it to Publisher. 3. Wait...
by liam | Oct 14, 2013 | comics, literacy, media, video games, writing news
It’s locked down and online. No more edits. No more tweaking. Time to step back and let go. Yesterday, I uploaded the final version of Ganked: Geeked Out Mysteries #1 to Smashwords, iTunes, Barnes & Noble and Kobo (it will be on Amazon on Oct 18th). The...
by liam | Jul 29, 2013 | education, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news
I’ve been writing professionally for nearly 20 years, but in the last year I’ve really started to have fun. And I’ve started to make real mistakes. Both the fun and the mistakes are due to my experiments with self-publishing. And both have taught me...
by liam | Jul 10, 2013 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news
If you haven’t already noticed, e-books have kinda knocked the whole publishing industry on its head. I haven’t written much about those changes around here, but I think about it a lot. That’s because I’m in the lucky position to see these...
by liam | Jun 2, 2013 | education, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news
The past few weeks have been very busy around here. As a teacher, I’ve been working to land a position for next school year. That all turned out well. More on that soon. As a Minecraft-teaching GamingEdu, I’ve been organizing our upcoming talk at the...