Jul 9, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Konn Lavery Launches His New Edmonton-Based Horror Novel Seed Me

Author Konn Lavery is releasing his new horror novel titled Seed Me on July 15th. Previously Konn had joined me discussing his dark fantasy series. Konn, can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your new book? Thanks for having me back Simon! I am a writer by passion and a graphic designer/web developer by trade. I’ve had a lot of exciting things in the works since we last chatted. My new novel... read more

Jul 4, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Age levels and word counts for children’s books – Part one

When I meet adults interested in writing for children during my classes and courses at the university or at events such as book signings, there is often some degree of confusion about what age ranges books are written for. Many writers in the early stages of their career talk about the number of pages, whether this is in printed form on standard size paper or simply a page count from the computer. However,... read more

Jun 25, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Book Signing at Chapters Shawnessy, June 25

This Saturday, I’ll be at Chapters at Shawnessy in Calgary from 11 am to 5 pm. I’ll be signing copies of The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, and Future Imperfect. Chapters is located at 16061 MacLeod Trail SE in Calgary. Hope to... read more

Jun 20, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

Guest Author Makenzi Fisk

My guest today is Calgary mystery author Makenzi Fisk, creator of the Intuition series. First of all, tell us about the books. The Intuition Series is a set of three mystery thriller novels featuring female protagonists. The stories feature plenty of authentic police procedure, action and suspense, with enough time for realistic character development. The first-person viewpoint of the antagonist is what... read more

May 30, 2016 Posted by Simon Rose

An Interview with Suzanne de Montigny

My guest today is Suzanne de Montigny, author of the Shadow of the Unicorn series.  I’m pleased to be here, Simon. I’ve been following your blog for a few years, so it’s nice to finally meet you in person, online – lol! The second installment of Shadow of the Unicorn has just been released, so tell us a little about these books. Well, first of all, I’ll tell you about Shadow of the Unicorn: The... read more