Amnesia, by bestseller D.G. Torrens Amnesia, a romantic suspense novel by the acclaimed, bestselling author D.G. Torrens, is now out! This is the latest editing project, edited by Scott Bury, to be published. What’s it about? Cassie is suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. Weekly visits to her psychologist are proving challenging until fragments from the night […]
The importance of clarity Every message has to have one clear, main message. Mix in too many, and you risk coming across as confused, dishonest or ridiculous. And when you change your messaging, you lose credibility. Sometimes, you have to change your message because circumstances change, or we learn more. Even so, you will raise […]
Whose fault is the delay in delivering Pfizer-Biontech’s COVID-19 vaccines delay to Canada? The current debate makes it impossible to say. The debate also offers excellent lessons for communicators. Provincial premiers like Ontario’s Dougie Ford blame the federal government—but in Dougie’s newfound low-key style, he offers useful advice like, “I’d be on the phone call, […]
Ontario government announces shutdown: Epic fail Ontario announces lockdown starting December 24 — no, wait, not until the 26th! Dougie Ford just spend an hour lying on TV. With one exception, a moment of candor that began “I’m a businessman.” He then expounded on the measures his government was taking to protect businesses. A little […]
That’s right! It’s nearly here! The second book in the Dark Age trilogy is finally ready for the real world. After four years of serious work on the manuscript, and eight years after publishing Book 1, The Bones of the Earth, I have finally released it to the world. My thanks to all who gave […]
We can’t go door-to-door trick or treating this year, so for the stay-at-home Hallowe’en, here’s a spooky story I published a few years ago. Way back in 2012, I had a minor e-book hit with a story called “The Mandrake Ruse,” which I intended as the first installment in Dark Clouds, a novel that I […]
It’s done! The Children of the Seventh Son is ready to release. The second book in the Dark Age trilogy has been fully edited, proofread, and revised several times by yours truly in between every stage. And now it has a cover, with an original image painted by artist Marc Laisne of Montpelier, France and Ottawa, Canada. The cover […]