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Lynda posted the introduction to our blog panel today at Reality Skimming. She asked some interesting questions to start us off, like: will people want to identify with someone who isn’t slinging her enemies about her head when angered? Could an author make their female character strong, and fun, without turning her into a damsel [...]

Starting on Sunday, author Lynda Williams and I are doing a continuation of our panel from Con-Version: Calgary’s Speculative Fiction Conference. At Con-Version, I did a panel with Lynda called “Women who don’t kick butt: Can they still win hearts and minds?”. We discussed how women have been portrayed in genre fiction and how our [...]

If you’ve never heard of Disqus, just try to leave a comment on this post. Disqus is a comment management system, and every Friday they feature one of their users. Today it was me! Find out the answers to some of these pressing questions asked of yours truly: What do you love about writing? Are [...]

Just wanted to post quickly about the book launch this past Saturday… It was AMAZING!!! Not only did we have a packed room, a documentary guy filming us, great food, and the support of the illustrator, publisher and local speculative fiction magazine “OnSpec”….. We sold out in an hour and half (from 1:45 to 3:15 [...]

THis post is a summary of the past month’s activities. Submissions made, information about the TV done for the “Seven Deadly Sins” book, Edmonton’s monthly literary event “Story Slam”, and update on my Novel’s progress, and changing the look and feel of my website.

The Press Release for the “Seven Deadly Sins” flash fiction anthology Book Launch in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The anthology includes two of Tina’s stories.



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      February 3, 2010
      Chinese Whisperings are 10 stories about 10 different people. The twist in this collection is that each new story takes a minor character from the story before and makes him or her into the main character. The whole thing works extremely well. It is not a novel in chapters, and therefore slightly disconcerting when you meet the person or persons from the story before in a completely different setting. But it works wonderfully.”
      by Heike Margot Heike Margot's Blog The Red Book

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