A Hole in the Ground – A Novel
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- What to do in the event you wake up Tuesday morning and Stephen Harper is still Prime Minister
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Category Archives: Writing
My appropriation apology
In 2016, I published a novel entitled A Hole in the Ground. In this novel, I referred to a First Nations people, the Muskawatipaq, as well as their ancestral territory, Petawodimocto. These references were entirely fictional, created for the purposes … Continue reading
In which I enter a literary contest and don’t expect to win, but still
November There is no way – no way in hell – that a self-published novel, no matter how passable, will win a literary contest. Especially if that novel has a cover that looks like someone left it in a damp … Continue reading
Mary, Thunder Road, responds
So I’m listening to the radio, some oldies crap that my stupid mother can’t seem to get enough of. Yeah, fine, I’m still living at home. You think it’s easy getting a job with a lousy high school degree? Anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Reading? Ugh!, Writing
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, humor, McSweeney's, Thunder Road, writing
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How to author
Now that I’m a renowned author in my own imagination, I feel I am in a good position (dangling lotus) to dish out advice to writers, along with anyone else who happens to be around me after three whiskeys. Here, … Continue reading
Adventures in Self-Publishing: Zen and the Art of Bookkeeping
An occasional and mostly self-serving record of self-publishing my debut novel, A Hole in the Ground, with possible tips (or warnings) for others thinking of doing the same. My dad spent the bulk of his career as a bookkeeper for … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged A Hole in the Ground, accounting for writers, Beaverly, bookkeeping, budgeting, consignment, Microsoft Excel, self-publishing
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Adventures in Self-Publishing: Promotion, or No One Cares About Your Damn Book!
An occasional and mostly self-serving record of self-publishing my debut novel, A Hole in the Ground, with possible tips (or warnings) for others thinking of doing the same. The good news is that it’s never been easier to self-publish. The … Continue reading
Posted in It Really Did Happen!, Writing
Tagged A Hole in the Ground, Beaverly, promotion, publicity, publishing, self-publishing, writing
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Why this isn’t funny
This isn’t the post I originally wrote for this week. It was a pretty good one, too. I spent hours writing it, then more time reviewing it. And then I woke up this morning and realized I couldn’t run it. I … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged About humor, censorship, controversy, gender identity, kindness, Malcolm Gladwell, MIke Ward, self-censorship, society, Transgender, words and power, writing, writing satire
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