Inspiration
As it goes with moody personalities, this week I fell into a bit of a lowpoint. My partner and I are in a holding pattern of sorts: waiting for events to move—my manuscript (from the editor), another project I’m working on, some professional changes for him, and news...
My Heart Screams and Soars
For the people of Toronto and their loss and bravery during a domestic terror attack* that rocked our city early this week. On Monday, the city fell under a controlled panic, never crossing into Islamaphobia or hysteria, waiting until facts and foes were known. As the...
Our Colonial Privilege
I’m usually good at avoiding Facebook melodrama. I post my personal opinions here, online, in a space curated for myself and for those who want to communicate with me. In that, I can mostly insulate myself from extremist hyperbole and filter in only the necessary...
Jessica Jones: What Went Wrong?
Last week I raved about Wanted, my latest obsession. I also made mention of my disappointment with Jessica Jones’ latest offering. Such disappointment was mentioned as an aside, as I wanted that post to be all about the deserved success of Wanted. So, to quote one of...
The Best Show You’re Probably Not Watching
Last week, while flicking through Netflix’s ever more burgeoning and dizzying selection of shows, I eventually settled on an Australian drama called Wanted. Synopsis looked decent: two women brought together as witnesses to a murder, now on the run (from surely very...
Creative Collective: DC Hampton Jacobs
When I first glanced at DC’s work, I was reminded of the gritty, 70s, graffitiesque work of Ralph Bakshi in Wizards or Fire and Ice. Only there was a rawness to DC’s stuff that I couldn’t quite place, and so—definitely interested—I reached out to the artist who had...
Come On In
I finally wrapped up 99% of the preparations for moving/ selling our humble abode, which means I can get back to writing next week. I'm sure gonna miss this place. We've lived here for nine years; before Zeus or mom left us, before I embarked on this journey as a...
Homeward
It's strange: having to say goodbye to a place where you've lived almost a decade of your life. We're moving on--moving up, I suppose--in September, and the past few weeks have been a buzz of contractors, packing, data disposal hauls and all of the things one ideally...
A Golden Age of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Interview originally appeared in Publisher's Weekly's Booklife Bestselling indie author Christian A. Brown resists labeling his work, though it has been called speculative fiction. His Four Feasts till Darkness series takes place in the fantasy realm of Geadhain,...
Creative Collective: Luanne Bennett
I’m delighted to share with you today a snippet from Luanne Bennett’s latest work: Crossroad of Bones. I love crossroads—since they’re usually where supernatural forces converge—and I love bones and creepy things so I figured I’d like this novel! And I wasn’t...
Little Disasters
Ugh, what a slog of a week. Both of my cats were suffering from digestive issues and I was literally up to my elbows in shit and vomit from Monday to Saturday. Their stomachs have since settled down from whatever bug afflicted them, and there are no further signs of...
Happy February
Here we are, half way through another month, getting closer and closer to the release of Feast of Darkness, Part I, and I’ve found myself reminiscing a lot about the path that has taken me this far. I wouldn’t have made it past even the first year without friends,...