My author friend Elyse Salpeter has just released the fifth volume in her Kelsey Porter mystery series that combines Buddhist spirituality with vigilante justice. With The Search for Starlight, Elyse Salpeter culminates the journey of a young woman who has come full circle in her quest to find the murderers of her parents. She just needed […]
Real evil reaches depths that most writers who want to appear credible would never dream of—not if they wanted to be taken seriously. Last weekend, families carried out two terrorist bombings in Indonesia. Parents and children. On Saturday, May 12, a family of six suicide-bombed three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city. Dad drove a […]
“When the service is free, you are the product” Whether they were successful or not, Cambridge Analytica has made a lot of people uncomfortable to the point that many have deleted their Facebook accounts, and more are considering it. The scandal alleges that Cambridge Analytica unethically used 50 million people’s Facebook data to try to […]
RCMP watchdog to examine handling of Colten Boushie shooting Indigenous leaders call for resignation of Thunder Bay police chief over non-investigation of death of Indigenous man My home town seems to have become the epicentre of institutional racism in Canada. I grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city sometimes called the Lakehead. Years, […]
Book 1 of the Eastern Front trilogy is on promotion through BookDoggy. If you haven’t read it yet, now is your chance to get it at a reduced price. Because after this promotion, the price will go back up to its regular setting. Get it at BookDoggy http://bookdoggy.com/?p=2671&preview=true What’s it about? A Canadian is drafted […]
Gord Downie passed away last week. Okay, that’s not news anymore. Every Canadian and many others around the world know that. But I need to acknowledge the passing and honour the man whose words have meant so much to me over the years. Gord Downie was the front man and lyricist for The Tragically Hip, […]
After publishing 10 books in the past two years (wow—I just blew my own mind), I am not slowing down, but I am changing direction. I had a writing and publishing plan. Two years ago in July, I published two books in two different Kindle Worlds: Torn Roots in the Lei Crime Kindle World, based […]