Updates

I was an invited Guest Author at Word on the Street In Lethbridge, this weekend, and oh, what an awesome event it was! I met several new colleagues, including Christian Guay Poliquin, Alex Lyttle, Antoine Mountain, and Eileen Cook. My presentation went well (to about 18 people) and at dinner Saturday night I had a long conversation with Fred Penner (The Cat Came Back). Tons of people were there, the weather was great, and I even sold a few books for Laksa!

This week I was working on a non-fiction book on helicopter pilot, Jim Davies. What a cool story! Really enjoying the read!

So, I DID submit Book 2 to the publisher, and had a couple of days to look at Book 3. The first half is pretty solid, and the second half is a strong skeleton (with a fair amount of flesh). It would be good to have it finished by the end of the month. Maybe…  🙂

Spent the week on a deadline, listening to the audiobook for Bursts of Fire (Book 1) and making notes for corrections. Was SOOO cool to hear the book read aloud by a professional actor–and she IS super-professional. In 110,000 words, I found 2 mispronunciations and 6 errors. I think that is phenomenal. It was also a good review, as I am doing final proofing edits on Book 2 (which I’ll submit today, I think) and working on Book 3 (which is at finished-first-draft stage) this week, so the entire first half of the series is right in my head.

Had a wonderful family backpacking trip into the mountains this weekend, and managed to also capture some video for a book trailer video that will be out, possibly next summer, about me as an author/adventurer. Had a ton of fun. All the adults were amazed at how well the kids did–kept right on walking, carried their backpacks, and had a great time. Walking out the next day in the rain was less fun, but no complaints!