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North Glenmore Park Craft Market
Today I’ll be at the North Glenmore Park Craft Market from 10 am to 3 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, Future Imperfect, Twisted Fate, Parallel Destiny, Shadowzone, Into The Web, and Black Dawn. The event is located at 2231 Longridge Drive SW in Calgary. Hope to see you...
read moreBook Signing at Indigo Signal Hill November 25
This Sunday, I’ll be at Indigo at Signal Hill in Calgary from noon 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, Twisted Fate, Future Imperfect, and Parallel Destiny. Indigo is located at 5570 Signal Hill Centre SW in Calgary. Hope to see you...
read moreEdgemont Community Association Winter Craft Sale
Today I’ll be at the Edgemont Community Association Winter Craft Sale from 10 am to 3 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, Future Imperfect, Twisted Fate, Parallel Destiny, Shadowzone, Into The Web, and Black Dawn The event is located at 33 Edgevalley Circle NW in Calgary. Hope to see you...
read moreGreat review of Flashback in Opal Magazine
Check out this great review of Flashback in the October 2018 issue of Opal Magazine. Flashback is a fascinating Young Adult book that pushes the boundaries of imagination: the Grail for every science fiction and fantasy reader. Shortly after its publication, Simon Rose’s Flashback was nominated for the 2016 Alberta Publishers’ Award in Young Adult. This book intertwines cold case and active murder case mysteries, high-level governmental military cover-ups, some supernatural or paranormal intervention, with some time travel. Flashback is...
read moreInterview in Opal Magazine
Check out the great interview in the October issue of Opal Magazine. In the interview I talk about the Flashback trilogy, including Flashback, Twisted Fate and Parallel Destiny, upcoming projects, the writing process and more. Opal Magazine published by Opal Publishing. Opal is a monthly digital magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine features local authors, interviews, fiction, poetry and prose. You can read the interview and also the great review of Flashback...
read moreThe Obsession of Writing
The Obsession of Writing by Mackenzie Reide Recently, I began revisions on the third book in my middle grade trilogy, The Adventurers: The Mine Caper. I described the process of writing and revising with my editor to someone. She looked surprised. “Wow. That sounds like a lot of work. Why do you write?” I was taken aback by the question. I blurted out the answer, “Why do you breathe?” Writing is not something that I ever really thought about. I just do it. It’s always been there lurking around in the back recesses of my mind. That...
read moreWriting Historical Fiction at When Words Collide
Today, I’ll be appearing at the When Words Collide in Calgary literary festival at the Delta South Hotel in Calgary, for a presentation, Tyche Books Presents, and the evening autograph session. Writing Historical Fiction – August 11 at 1 pm Learn how to write an effective, authentic, and appealing story in this genre and how to fully immerse yourself in your chosen time period. Understand what defines historical fiction and different time periods, how to create believable settings, plausible characters, and the role of...
read moreWriting for Children and Young Adults at When Words Collide
Today, I’ll be appearing at the When Words Collide literary festival at the Delta South Hotel in Calgary. Writing for Children and Young Adults – August 10 at 6 pm This session explores the art of writing for children and young adults. Explore research, planning, pacing your story, developing characters, connecting with the reader, choosing settings, the role of adults in children’s stories, and...
read moreTime Travel: Not Just a Thing of The Past at When Words Collide
Today, I’ll be appearing at the When Words Collide in Calgary literary festival at the Delta South Hotel in Calgary. Time Travel: Not Just a Thing of the Past – August 10 at 2 pm My young adult novels The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Heretic’s Tomb, and Flashback all feature time travel, a genre that continues to be very popular with both authors and readers, as well as with filmmakers. In this session I’ll be sharing tips and tricks to weave time travel elements into the plot for any...
read moreWordsWorth 2018 – Kamp Kiwanis, Bragg Creek, AB
This week I’ll be working as an instructor at WordsWorth 2018. WordsWorth is a week-long creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But the experiences don’t begin and end with the classes, WordsWorth is a place where young writers come...
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