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About A Secret Voice
A novelette called āA Voice,ā appeared in my first short story collection, Something Special. The story introduces Katy LaPointe, a senior tech manager who finds herself accused of industrial espionage and is later a prime murder suspect. With the occasional assistance of a mysterious voice, whose source is unknown, she has to not only clear her name, but stay alive. At the time, I donāt think Iā¦
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Castleās Woman in Red
I wrote a Castle fic! If your reaction is, āYou wrote a what now?ā donāt be concerned. All will be explained. First, letās talk Castle. This was a TV show that ran for some eight seasons starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic (who are both Canadian as it happens). Richard Castle was a mystery novelist, Kate Beckett a New York police detective. They meet when a murderer copies a death from oneā¦
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On writing Fan Fiction and Original Fiction
Is it better to write fan fiction or original fiction? What does better even mean in this context? After having written both, I donāt have an answer. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. One thingās for sureāyou wonāt get rich either way. Letās start with fan fiction. To some extent writing fan fiction is easier. The world building has been done for you. The major characters areā¦
Whose Freedom?
I donāt often stray into the political realm, but thereās an issue here in Canada that has, well, motivated me to do so. A quick recap: In early 2022, Ottawaāthe city in which I liveāwas occupied by the so-called Freedom Convoy protestors. Some three weeks later, the Federal Government invoked the Emergencies Act, providing law enforcers with the tools they needed to remove the protestors. Twoā¦
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Self Promotion Plus
Two parts to this quick post. First, from Wednesday February 11th (which was yesterday, I know) through Friday the 13th, the eBook version of my thrilling thriller, A Familiar Voice is free! FREE!! Available at your regional Amazon bookstore. Second order of business. One of the challenges of being an independent author is providing potential customers with links to your book. The problem isā¦
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Welcoming 2026
Does anyone else feel like they must have time travelled to get here? I mean, how on earth can it possibly be 2026?? That would mean that Iām going to be ā¦ how old? (Counts fingers and toes; gives up and throws hands in the air with exasperation.) At any rate, the end of the year is for look back. The start of the year is for looking forward. For me, as a writer, I have a couple of projects onā¦
Two Unputdownable Books
I donāt know about you, but as time goes by itās increasingly seldom that I find books that are genuinely hard to put down. In fact, it seems more and more common for me to discard a book if it hasnāt grabbed me by at least page one hundred. So imagine my glee when I find myself reading two books that are unputdownable. Donāt judge me. The fact is, I usually āreadā two books at a time. The reasonā¦
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A Familiar Voice is Out in the World!
My new novel, a thriller called A Familiar Voice, is now available at your regional Amazon bookstore in eBook and paperback formats. If you should pick up a copy, I hope you enjoy it. Amazon.ca Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.de
A Preview of A Familiar Voice
A Familiar Voice comes out in a few days, on the 18th of November. In the meantime, hereās a quick sample of whatās in store for Katy Lapointe. After lunch, they put their clothes in the washing machine. Katy had just started the coffee maker when the doorbell rang. āKaty Lapointe?ā the woman said. She was wearing a dark business suit with her black hair pulled tightly into a bun. A leatherā¦
28 Years Later
This article contains mild spoilers for 28 Years Later. Sometimes, you need to check your expectations at the door before taking your seat in the theatre. I think thatās the case with the latest Danny Boyle and Alex Garland collaboration, 28 Years Later. This, the third in the franchise, is a different kind of zombie movie. Although there are definitely zombies, and thereās a lot ofā¦
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On Writing a Novel
If, like me, youāve read several books about how to write a novel, youāll know that there are about as many writing processes as there are writers. In this post, Iāll try to tell you about mine. But take it with a grain of salt. After all, Iāve only written one novel. I may need to update this post after my second. The first thing you should know about me is that, in my working career, I workedā¦
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A Familiar Voice
Iāve mentioned in other posts that Iām working on a novel called A Familiar Voice. I can finally announce that it will be available in November. Hereās the beautiful cover art by the omni-talented Georgia Cook. A Familiar Voice is a sequel to the novelette āA Voiceā which appeared in my short story collection, Something Special. The book includes a slightly revised version of that story as wellā¦
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum, by Una McCormack, is the third Star Trek audio book Iāve listened to this year. It is very much a character-based story, and features Una Chin-Riley in two time periods: on the āpresent dayā Enterprise with Christopher Pike in command, and 25 years earlier, when Chin-Riley was a senior cadet at Starfleet Academy. As an aside, Iām glad they gave Number One aā¦
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Star Trek Picard: Firewall
A woman walks into a bar and inquires of the Fenris Ranger therein how she herself might join the rangers. This is how David Mackās Star Trek Picard: Firewall opens. The novel bears some comparison to Una McCormackās Star Trek Picard: Second Self, which I wrote about previously. Like Second Self, the audio version of Firewall is narrated by January LaVoy, the extraordinary narrator of a thousandā¦
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On Turning Seventy
As of June, 2025 Iāve turned seventy. This means, depending on whether youāre a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of person, that Iām either entering the prime of life or am just plain old. If I am getting old, I donāt really mind. After all, there is only one alternative, and itās not very attractive. But itās a hard thing to get your head around. My generation, the dreaded Boomers,ā¦
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Revisiting The Alternative War
Doctor Who: The Alternative War is a two-part fan audio series from TT Productions 23. The āalternativeā universe branches off from the TV Doctor Who universe at the moment of the Eighth Doctorās regeneration. In the alternative universe, the Doctor regenerates into a female incarnation who is still very much the Doctor, but who must find a way to bring the Time War to an end. She is the ninthā¦
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Panic in the Cave
When I think of 2019, I think of it as The Before Times. Before the world was frozen in time while researchers scrambled for a vaccine to beat back the beast known as COVID. Some pretty good things happened that year, including my first visit to a Doctor Who convention. I had the pleasure of attending Chicago TARDIS and enjoyed an all-too-brief encounter with Katy Manning. Katy, of course, wasā¦
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