writing news | Liam O'Donnell

Beta-readers get Ganked, subscribers get giveaways

by liam | Jul 27, 2012 | education, life, literacy, works in progress, writing news

Just a quick update on things before I unplug from the web for a few days. The Max Finder Mystery Giveaway is now closed. The four lucky winners of Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook Volume 6 have been chosen and contacted – check your inbox and spam...

My graphic novel Media Meltdown reprinted, now with moar uber

by liam | Jul 11, 2012 | comics, literacy, media, writing news

So, my media-literacy-mystery-adventure-graphic-novel for kids, Media Meltdown just went into reprint, which is very cool. That means, we sold so many copies my amazing publisher ran out. That’s good news all around. The publisher and author & illustrator...

Kobo ganked my “Ganked” manuscript

by liam | Jul 3, 2012 | literacy, works in progress, writing news

I don’t too get excited over new tech gadgets, especially tethered appliances like e-readers, but I will say I love my KoboVox. However, now I’m ready to break up, sort of. I still love it for reading ebooks and surfing the web. Up until last week, I...

Start summer with a free Max Finder Mystery book

by liam | Jun 14, 2012 | comics, education, literacy, writing news

Love mysteries? Love comics? Love free stuff? Now is your chance to have all three in one giveaway contest. To celebrate the launch of my brand new monthly e-newsletter, Reading Change, I am giving away four signed copies of Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook...

Picking the Best Bets in kids books in 2012

by liam | Jun 7, 2012 | education, literacy, media, writing news

About a month ago, I was asked to be on the Best Books for for Kids and Teens 2012 committee, for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Which was totally cool. Writers don’t usually get to be on committees. We’re often the ones being committeed....