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A Slightly Different Winter

A few days ago it suddenly struck me that I’ll spend this winter entirely in Canada for the first time in almost a quarter-century!In the winter of 1996, I was...

A Slightly Different Winter

A few days ago it suddenly struck me that I’ll spend this winter entirely in Canada for the first time in almost a quarter-century!In the winter of 1996, I was...

This Message is for You

My 2019 author promotional events have finished. It’s been an extraordinary 7 months meeting new readers all across the province of Ontario with a bonus weekend in Montreal! I’ve had...

This Message is for You

My 2019 author promotional events have finished. It’s been an extraordinary 7 months meeting new readers all across the province of Ontario with a bonus weekend in Montreal! I’ve had...

Time for Some Media Reassessment

As a novelist, I understand the benefit of creating conflict. Conflict between individuals makes a story exciting. Conflicting objectives can create suspense. Conflicts of values can build emotions. Every successful...

Time for Some Media Reassessment

As a novelist, I understand the benefit of creating conflict. Conflict between individuals makes a story exciting. Conflicting objectives can create suspense. Conflicts of values can build emotions. Every successful...

Why Fixate on Punishment

In all three of my novels, I weave organized crime into the plots. Organized crime adds some suspense and excitement to the stories, but I can also demonstrate some of...

Why Fixate on Punishment

In all three of my novels, I weave organized crime into the plots. Organized crime adds some suspense and excitement to the stories, but I can also demonstrate some of...

What Comes from a Walk

People ask me why I spend winters away from Canada. Of course, there's the weather. I've never liked the cold, so I've avoided brutal winters for most of the past...

What Comes from a Walk

People ask me why I spend winters away from Canada. Of course, there's the weather. I've never liked the cold, so I've avoided brutal winters for most of the past...

I'm Back!

It’s embarrassing. I looked at the date of my last Rendezvous Blog and was astonished to see it was more than a year since my last communication. For that I apologize....

I'm Back!

It’s embarrassing. I looked at the date of my last Rendezvous Blog and was astonished to see it was more than a year since my last communication. For that I apologize....