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Hello everyone!

I know it’s been a while since I posted an update beyond listing another signing (such as my next one at Chapters Gloucester on October 21 from noon to 4!). Promotional efforts and writing have been taking up the lion’s share of my time and The Tide of Madness is coming together very well, if a little slower than I had hoped. Some characters aren’t making it easy – Jenus, for instance, has decided to go off on an unexpected tangent that actually lets me draw on a little more of the world’s history, and Ruin’s storyline is turning out to be more complex than I had expected and now interconnects with more of the other characters much earlier in the book. The result is something I’m really excited about and I’m hoping you’ll agree that it was worth the wait once you get your hands on it!

The goal is to have the manuscript finished within the next 4-5 months. I have a little bit of time off set aside and I’m planning on shutting myself in for a week at some point this winter to get a full 9 days of writing done. I’ve done this before and made incredible progress, so I’m hopeful that it’ll be enough to keep me on track!

In the meantime, the next week won’t see a lot of writing. I’ll be spending all of next weekend at CAN-CON: Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts... – a conference for speculative fiction writers that takes place right here in Ottawa. Last year was my first time attending and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s comparatively small for a con since it focuses on writers, but it offers great learning opportunities for writers at every stage of their careers with panels of agents, editors, publishers and some really phenomenal authors that range from fantasy - Steven Erikson (Malazan Books of the Fallen, which are my all time favorite books), to Sci-Fi - Sylvain Neuvel (Themis Files, which I particularly recommend as audiobooks), not to mention some newer names like my fellow Inkshares author J-F. Dubeau who writes both Sci-Fi (The Life Engineered, too short but awesome – Hurry up with that sequel JF!) and horror (A god in the Shed, even better than TLE).

Finally, I know I’ve asked this before, but if you’ve read The Bones of the Past, please take a moment to write a review on Goodreads, Amazon, Kobo, Indigo, B&N or wherever you bought it! Every review makes a world of difference in raising awareness of a new book/author! Also, if you are a member of a library (and if you aren’t you should be!) please ask you library to carry my book!

Thank you all, yet again, for your support!
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    Time flies. It’s already been two months since The Bones of the Past officially launched. It’s been an insane ride filled with blog posts like this one on Epic Fantasy Writer; interviews like this one from Geeks Media and this one from Alicia Smock; not to mention some great reviews– The Hardcover Life, RobertBatten.net, and WordoftheNerdOnline stand out in particular, as well as the Midwestern Book Review and Roll Out Reviews.

    My not-so-little book has already made it farther than I ever could have dreamed, and it’s still surreal to walk into a bookstore and see it on the shelf. More great things are still on the way too - Audible will be creating an audiobook version at some point in the (hopefully near) future, bookstores continue to welcome me in for signings (next one is Chapters South Keys 11:00 to 15:00 on August 19th!) and stores are stocking and, more importantly, RE-stocking my book!

    With all this happening, I’m still finding time to work on the sequel and the final book of the trilogy, and I can promise that they’re going to be bigger and better than ever 😊

    The most important thing in the meantime is to keep the momentum going, and for that I need reviews. Book reviews (even negative ones!) make a massive difference in book sales and they are the single most important factor in keeping this crazy ride going. The reviews don’t have to be long or complicated, just take a few minutes to write out what you liked (or didn’t) - a single sentence will do!
    The goal is to get 100 reviews on Goodreads and Amazon (Barnes and Noble and Indigo are also good!). Reviews are starting to trickle in as people make it through the 500-odd pages, but there’s a long way to go to get to 100. So, if you’ve had a chance to finish Bones, please take a few minutes to write a quick review on any one of these sites:

    Amazon http://amzn.to/2triUX4
    Goodreads http://bit.ly/2rgbe6T
    Indigo http://bit.ly/2shV0JE
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/2qwbVM0

    If you feel particularly generous – please copy and paste your review to several of them, or even all four!

    Thank you all yet again – I could not have done this without your support!
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      Sorry for the double update - for everyone in or around Ottawa we're celebrating at Darcy McGee's in Orleans.  Just ordered my first pint!

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        Hello everyone!

         As always, I have to start by thanking all of you for your support! After a brief scare over the weekend (I think I aged a decade over those few hours), we are back in 3rd place in the Sword and Laser contest!

        I am extremely grateful to all of you, and so I have decided to emulate some of my fellow Inkshares authors and thank you with a gift card draw on January 15th. Specifically, I’ll be drawing 2 names from all of those who have pre-ordered my book to win a 50$ gift card each… More, if we finish in the top 3 at 3pm eastern time on January 15th- I’ll double it and draw another 2 names.

        This contest is still anyone’s game, and we have 11 more days to hold on to one of the top 3 spots. Every single reader is hugely important and could easily make the difference. So I have to ask again, if you are following the project but haven’t hit that pre-order button, please do so. If you have, please ask your significant other, friends and parents to sign up!

         I also wanted to share a screenshot of where my more recent supporters are located. I am amazed looking at this map! It’s hard to believe that my work is being read by people all over the world (and Spain and Hong Kong aren’t even showing anymore).


        I am extremely thankful for all of your help and support. I can’t say it enough.

        You guys are awesome!!

        As a special thank you to those who know me in person but never saw me with hair... This is for you! From all the way back to when Highlander came out!

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          The Bones of the Past
          Life twisting magic, demonic possession and immortals who have outlived many of the gods themselves come together in this epic fantasy inspired by the likes of Glen Cook and Steven Erikson.
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          The Bones of the Past
          Life twisting magic, demonic possession and immortals who have outlived many of the gods themselves come together in this epic fantasy inspired by the likes of Glen Cook and Steven Erikson.