Minister of Everything.

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Worlds Beyond, Book 3 (and final) of The Indigo Reports Space Opera series. Buy directly from me, or from your favorite bookstore. Early reviews, excerpt and other information here. Cheers, [fusion_separator style_type=”shadow” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” sep_color=”#000000″ top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”center” /] . Take my stories on a test run.  4 full […]

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We’re Getting Close To The End…

Historical Romance, New Release / / , / 6 minutes of reading

I just returned from Calgary a few days ago, where I attended the When Words Collide conference. It’s my third year, and I did a lot of running around, participating in panels and conducting workshops. I made a rather large ooops, though. I left my flat shoes at home. Which wouldn’t be such a great deal, I guess,

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The True Size of Australia

Fun Stuff / / / 2 minutes of reading

I seem to have an Australian theme running this week. I came across this graphic a while back, and snagged it to show you.  The most common world map, the one we’re most familiar with, is the Mercator Projection map.  The map is very bad at showing related sizes of continents–because that was not why

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On’yer Mate! – Aussie Rules is 161 Years Old Today

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I was not aware that Australian rules football was as old as that.  It is the oldest of the world’s major football codes.  The first AFL match was played in 1858 between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. The game was developed for adult players, with rules suited to the conditions. For example, smooth turf was

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Heritage Day.

Historical Stuff / / , / 1 minute of reading

Today is a provincial holiday marking the foundation of my adopted country and province, Alberta. If you’re in Alberta, enjoy the day.  I, of course will be celebrating by…writing!  🙂 Cheers, . Take my stories on a test run.  4 full novels free.  Sign up below. [More details here]

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