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I’m here in Calgary today and in less than an hour my team and I will receive the details about the prop, line of dialogue and genre for the 2 – 5 minute movie we’ll be making over the weekend. I’ll be posting updates throughout the weekend on my facebook page. Wish us luck!

It’s coming – February 12 – 18 will feature seven stories inspired by lines from Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Martian Chronicles.’

Readers, there are only three months of this project to go – if you have any requests, be sure to let me know! The continuing stories – Jonah and Jessie and Ship Cat will be concluded soon.

Now that I’ve written over 265 short stories, I guess I’ve learned a thing or two! “Go Ahead – Jump” is the title of my workshop that I’ll be teaching from 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 28.

The most important thing the Story 365 project has given me is a knowledge of the necessity to be fearless. You can’t write a story every day for a year if you’re fretting over whether you’ll be able to finish or if the story is good enough or if you are distracted by surroundings that are too – noisy, quiet, full of mischievous cats, drafty or lacking in coffee. You just have to get writing and trust to the process.

Most of all, you have to have fun with it. This is what I’ll be aiming for in our workshop.

People seem to find it difficult when I ask them to come up with a first line for one of my stories.  To make it easier for my readers to help me create a new story every day, I’m inviting topic suggestions. For example, geriatric zombies or giant sinkholes.

Also, if you’d like me to use your name (first or last or both) in a story, just ask.

Dear readers -

Many of you from the Edmonton area have been asking when I’ll be bringing Stolen Children, the last book of my trilogy, to your town.

In addition to doing a reading at the Pure Speculation convention, I will also be at Mandolin Books and Coffee Company from 5 – 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 21. The shop is at 6419 112 Ave NW.

Mandolin sells used books, so they won’t be stocking Stolen Children (yet) but if you aren’t able to come out at that time, you can order any of the novels from Edge Press (see link below) or from the Black Cat Guest Ranch gift shop by contacting me through this website.