self publishing | Liam O'Donnell

Ganked gets a cover and I learn three things about creativity

by liam | Aug 31, 2013 | education, gaming, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news

I’ve written more 30 books for kids from sci-fi graphic novels to cute picture books about animals. While I’m happy with each book, I didn’t have much say about one key aspect: the cover. All that changed with Ganked: Geeked Out Mysteries #1, my new...

Text Hunter: Tech Tales #2 now available (and why my new story got a new title)

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...

Five Canadian Kids Authors Rocking it as Hybrids

by liam | Mar 12, 2013 | comics, literacy, media, writing news

Unless you’ve had your nose stuck in a book (the papery kind) , you’re probably aware that in publishing, things are changing. And changing fast. I’ve been watching the rise of the ebook from the sidelines for a few years now. From JA Konrath...