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Return to blogging
I’ve been neglecting this blog for a while, but it’s been a busy few months:I finished my book, now titled The Myrtle Child. It is the funniest thing since sliced bread. It is so epic it makes Game of Thrones look like People magazine. Next step is to find an agent, and then I’m on my…
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My Bias
David GilmourLast year, David Gilmour, Canadian author and a lecturer at the University of Toronto, stirred up controversy when he proclaimed his preference for heterosexual, white, male authors. Gilmour said, “I would only teach the people…
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How I Quit Smoking
I have been smoking for half my life. And it’s no wonder that I took it up. I grew up with it. My mom smoked in the house, in the car, in bed. She would write a note and send me to pick up cigarettes for her at the corner store….
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My Influences.
What authors do I consider to be my influences? I’ve given it a lot of thought. These are the one’s that grabbed me by the brain as a child, and as a young adult, and have yet to let go. They have shaped my thinking, my perception of …
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On Originality
Qedipus at ColonnusSome say originality in fiction is no longer possible. When did this happen? When did we exhaust the creative potential of humanity to tell new stories? Did originality begin and end with the ancients, and has everything …
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A metaphysical interview with Toronto city councillor Doug Ford
This afternoon I had the opportunity for a metaphysical interview with Doug Ford, Toronto city councillor and brother to the mayor, Rob Ford. You’ve probably heard of Rob Ford: his pro-taxpayer, anti-downtown-fatcat policies have been featured in news media all over the world, and Youtube is full of amateur videos of his impromptu political speeches.…
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Return to Ukraine
I’d hoped to make it back to Ukraine for another metaphysical interview for a while now, but with my work schedule it just hasn’t been possible. It takes time, you know, speculating about a transatlantic flight. Finally, while doing laundry this afternoon I managed to get back to Kramatorsk, in the self-declared sovereign state that…
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An Introduction.
This is my first blog post and it may also be my last. I am plagued with the question, “Why blog?” It seems to me a self-indulgent and also somewhat pointless endeavor. Do I really need to add my voice to the millions already shouting …
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Stephen Harper, Grade Eight
Beverley McLachlin cleared her throat. She’d been teaching junior high for thirty years, long enough that she’d started thinking of things in self-coined aphorisms. There are all sorts of troublemakers, went one of them, but the smart ones are the worst. That definitely applied here. “Stephen,” she said sharply, and tapped her foot until he…
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A metaphysical interview with some protesters in eastern Ukraine
Last night I had the opportunity for a metaphysical interview with a group of protesters in eastern Ukraine. (As I explained in a previous post, a metaphysical interview is one where instead of talking to a person you speculate about what they might say.) While the kids were watching Johnny Test I nipped over to…