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Sunday Writing Journal - May 24th, 2026 Canadian spring is wild. We had a day of 30 degree heat, followed by a 4 degree day of rain. It’s been a weird week. But hey! Let’s talk about it. (I’m almost too good at transitions…) Writing Update This week was so focused on editing that I named the whole weekly journal after it. I pushed myself to the very brink. Well, not really. That makes it sound like I did something incredible and not just pushed myself to finally sit down a

A Sunday journal, reminiscing on this past week in writing and life.

Sunday Writing Journal - May 10th, 2026 Accountability comes in many forms. I made a writing tracker spreadsheet. It turns green if the number is above 500 in a day. It turns red if it’s below. It turns gold if it’s over 1000! Typically the colour alone is enough to shame me into hitting my writing goals. But what can I say, I’m a sadist. I crave the public accountability of a weekly journal! It’s an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while now. I’ve been working to take wr

April was a heck of a month. Let's talk about the books I read, ranked and mini-reviewed.

How I use AI in my writing life.

A book review of book one of the popular LitRPG The Primal Hunter by Zogarth.

A recap of the books I read in March, each with its own mini review!

Chapter 1 of Jimmy James and the Circus of Wonders. A sample chapter from the hilarious sci-fi novel.

A brand new year. (Somehow…) And the same old reading journal. I love the routine of looking back on my month of reading. Honestly, it’s always interesting because I often forget a book or two when I try to remember before looking at the list. As per usual, here are all the books I read in January of 2026, ranked and mini-reviewed. 1 — Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs I’ve never seen a book with more covers than this one. Seriously, Google this book. There are at least 20 differe

The Making of Polar Protocol ​ Polar Protocol started its life as a 30-day novel writing challenge under the name ELF. The initial idea was 'Christmas spy thriller.' I had never completed NaNoWriMo (the write-a-book-in-30-days) challenge before, and wanted to try it. My aim was for 30,000 words in 30 days. I put together a 30 chapter plot, planning for each to be 1,000 words, and got to work. It was going to be a fast-paced, political thriller with some decent twists and tur

Ranking and reviewing all the books I read in July of 2025.

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, a book review.

Nostalgia hits real. You ever see a book cover and get hit with memories from years ago? Me too. Here are the 4 most nostalgic fantasy...

There have been a lot of great science fiction shows. Also, a lot of bad ones. Here are my personal top 10. (Feel free to let me know why...

Canadians love books. We have a rich history of fantastic authors. And a love of reading. I blame the winters. What else can you do for 6...

YouTube is great. Was it greater before they blocked AdBlock? I plead the fifth. YouTube is home to amazing resources for writers....

Audiobooks are great. In the car, at the gym, on the subway, in the shower. There are not many bad places to listen to a good book. Some...

6 fantastic movies that came from a book. Not all adaptations are bad!

Let’s talk about it. Eruption released June 3rd, 2024 to rave reviews, a number one spot on the NYT Bestseller list, a top ten Amazon...

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… but what about its title? Titles are pretty important, some people say. Titles are pretty important. See. Someone put it in quotes. What if your title isn’t very long? Does that matter? That’s not what I’m going to answer here. I just want to know what the shortest titles out there are.