As those of you who have read my books might have guessed, I'm a wee bit of a Dahl fan.  The first third of ALEX was meant to be a bit o...

The UK version of the Huffington Post has an interesting article today about Steampunk and whether it's going to become the next bi...

I met Debbie Ridpath Ohi a couple years ago.  She is a fellow Toronto children's book author (and illustrator - so she one ups me on...

Often in an attempt to explain what Steampunk is I cite movies.  There's something about Steampunk that's hard to describe, but once...

So you might have noticed I didn't post for the last two days.  It was a matter of priorities see, I really really had to get my edits d...

With Steampunk being such an aesthetic movement, you will find plenty of artisans creating some truly wonderful Steampunk stuff available fo...

Back in 2009, just before I launched my second novel TIMOTHY AND THE DRAGON'S GATE , I did a guest blogpost over at the then agent, now ...

First of all, I love this: It's brilliant and magical and also just a little scary.  Also it's 100% accurate. It's also...

Last week Jimbo G left the following series of questions in the comments section: When you start writing a novel, do you create biographie...

May I present to you the most wonderful novel FALLING UNDER by my most wonderful friend Danielle Younge-Ullman . She recently re-released...

Apologies for my lack of posting Friday and Monday, I'm approaching the finish line of my edits and they are rather taking over my life....

For no particular reason aside from the fact that I felt like it, I am sharing with you a list of some of my favourite quotes either fo...

I am not just a writer.  Hence the title of my blog.  I also have that other acting side to me, and as such I have had the great pleasur...

So last week I shared with you my Steampunked apartment .  One of the things I shared was a poster with common Steampunk archetypes on it.  ...

I often get asked what inspires me to write.  Where I get my ideas.  And it’s a reasonable question, one that often I can only answer w...

As the title says, and as we've done in the past.  Today's the day I shall post some links that I found interesting around the net t...

So my plan for Thursdays is a little hazy.  Ideally I'd love to answer any questions you guys might have on this day.  Questions about w...