20 Writerly Questions with BookLounge A couple of weeks ago, Julie Forrest, leading literary blogger, digital maven at Random House, and all-around nice person, passed […] August 25, 2010
Enjoyed Toronto Premiere of Robertson Davies Play As I’ve noted several times already in this space, Robertson Davies is one of my literary heroes. His novels were […] March 4, 2010
Quill & Quire quotes authors’ rules for writing Quill & Quire has assembled on its blog some quotations from several authors capturing a selection of writing rules. Not […] February 28, 2010
Fiction writing rules in the National Post online Taking a cue from the Guardian’s Rules for Writers series in the U.K., Brad Frenette, at the National Post and […] February 26, 2010
Evadne Macedo posts a Q&A with me Last year, I did a reading at a public library in Toronto’s Beach community. When it was over, a young […] January 20, 2010
Writing Update: Final manuscript submitted My editor, Doug Gibson, dropped by yesterday morning with the final version of the manuscript for The High Road. He’d […] January 3, 2010
Stephen King and David Cronenberg On Thursday night, I took my younger son to the beautiful Canon Theatre to see a rare public appearance by […] November 21, 2009
Manuscript has been submitted… Last weekend, I finished polishing the manuscript of The High Road, the sequel to TBLP. It felt very good to […] November 1, 2009
John Irving on stage in Toronto Last Sunday I snuck away from regular family weekend activities to see John Irving at the International Festival of Authors […] October 31, 2009
Writing Update: Eureka! I’m really happy to report that over the weekend, I finished the draft manuscript for The High Road. Yep, the […] October 13, 2009
