The Recipient of the 2020 Timothy S. Johnston Future Writer Award
And the winner is …
I found out recently that THE SAVAGE DEEPS has been Longlisted for the CYGNUS Science Fiction Award.
Last week, CTV News ran an article about me and my love for the Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense genres and how they inspire me to write.
I’ve been quarantining with my family since March 13. I’ve barely gone out as we all wait for The Pause to end. I’ve been focusing on writing another book in The Rise of Oceania, along with watching a hell of a lot of news. I have a lot to say about what we’re living through, but will put my thoughts in a future article. ***
While we watch the country shutter its windows as the Coronavirus storm outside passes by, I thought I’d share a happy moment from last month.
In February I had the pleasure of traveling to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto to see Kevin Smith introduce his newest “View Askewniverse” film, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, listen to a Q&A, then meet him backstage.
Here’s a new article I wrote about how climate change and the need for new resources to sustain exploding populations might trigger a new Cold War.Â
The War Beneath has made the Semi-Finalist stage of the 2019 CYGNUS Awards.
This arrived in my inbox the other day, and it absolutely blew me away. A Grade 9 student used my book, The War Beneath, as the basis for her English project in school. She created a diorama of Trieste City. Here’s a schematic of the underwater city as it appears in the book:
Over at SFcrowsnest, writer Kelly Jensen has posted a review of the new installment of The Rise of Oceania, and it’s very positive.