Recliner Books

Personal Ramblings

On Saturday I spoke as part of a panel alongside David Scollard from Frontenac House, Sarah Ivany with Freehand Books, and Lyn Cadence of Your Book is Your Business.
Here is a transcript of my speech:
How many manuscripts get accepted each year? I wasn’t able to find a definitive answer from an irreproachable source, but a [...]

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It may be time to do away with the term “space aged”. I should be more specific, if you are referring to something modern, it may be time to do away with the term “space aged”.

The Space Age began in the fall of 1957 and technically continues until today. In fact, I don’t see [...]

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Tetro was playing at the Calgary International Film Festival and I went to see it for the following reasons:
1) A friend wanted to see it.
2) It was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
3) It had an interesting tagline (Every [...]

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Louis’s Best Day Ever
On Friday I dropped of a manuscript for editorial review and decided to take my dog, Louis, along so we could visit Elbow Falls afterwards. But, before we get to Louis enjoying The Great Outdoors, I’d like to talk style for a bit.
Should the title be: “Louis’ Best Day Ever” or “Louis’s [...]

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In starting this blog, I have read through a few other blog postings and confirmed that my blog is woefully inadequate—I already suspected it, but after reading the kinds of things these other “bloggers” are posting, there can no longer be any doubt.
But what is a guy to do? The way I see it I [...]

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