Journal

When you move away from a city, you stop being able to keep up with its restaurant scene. But after we left Montréal for Vancouver in the early nineties, on […]

Creative Ink Fest is fading into the past, but my memories of it aren't. This was my most packed conference as a pro writer. I did four panels (including my […]

What are the Big Ideas behind The Tree of Souls? Find out today at John Scalzi's Whatever blog. Many thanks to John for helping me jet set around the internet […]

Today I'm over on Mary Robinette Kowal's blog talking about what was my favourite bit of The Tree of Souls. Head on over there to find out. I'm sending a […]

This is a tiny rant. Recently, I've seen a lot of mocking of tiny homes, across my Twitter feed and the blogs I read (BTW, you can play Chuck's drinking game […]

It's that most exciting and nerve-wracking day for an author: launch day! The Tree of Souls is now available online at your favourite bookstore, in trade paperback, and ebook formats. […]

The Tree of Souls launches on May 1 (4 days!), and as part of the launch festivities I want to thank my newsletter subscribers. I'll be giving away a free […]

By the time I found out Spirit of the West would be performing their final concerts, it was too late to get tickets. I'm sad that this quintessential west coast band […]

There's lots of stuff going on leading up to The Tree of Souls launch, so here'a s quick round-up: I'm running 3 (yes THREE!) LibraryThing giveaways, one each for the […]

I've roadtripped with Curtis Chen, so can vouch for the fact that he knows all about the tensions of long voyages in small confined spaces with questionable travel companions. Here […]