From May 6th to May 8th I will be joining SANE Clothing at the first Shredmonton Metal Festival and Conference here in Edmonton. It will be an exciting weekend of everything metal with over 30 bands playing throughout the weekend and other exciting merchants...
This blog post covers a unique opportunity I had to speak with fellow fantasy and indie author Ben Galley. I met Ben Galley through a random stumble on the web, finding his online self-publishing consulting services, Shelf Help. Ben provided one on one discussion...
Here’s the news, this blog post is a special one. It marks the first of a series of inspiration and creative explorations. The whole blog was supposed to be oriented around what sparks me. It took a turn into being about writing tips and guest bloggers. That direction...
Next month is the Calgary Comic Expo which is an impressive sized con with four days of pop culture, cosplay and more. This year I am pleased to say I will be sharing a booth with Matthew Gillies of Flinch Publications. We will both be speaking at a panel about...
For the past couple of years, I have been hinting about a new book separate from Mental Damnation. This one has been in the works since 2014 NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month) where the first draft of the story was written. I will admit… it was terrible....
Calgarian author Simon Rose offered to have me on his blog to chat about the Mental Damnation series and my upcoming works. Guest Author Konn Lavery We cover the topics of: Firstly, can you tell us a little about yourself and your writing? Have you always been...
A name in a story is exceptionally important considering when writing, we are only working with words. Defining a name for you character is a critical step to making them memorable and should be distinctive to them. In the previous post we discussed coming up with...
This week we have guest author Simon Rose from Calgary who is going to give some insight into his latest novel, Flashback – a fantasy adventure of time travel for teens. First off, thank you Simon thank you for taking the time to chat with us about your novel. Give us...
A character’s personality and physical traits can say a lot about them, these statistics help make it easier for a reader to identify them. Their qualities is also what makes them memorable to the readers. Think about some of your favorite characters in a book or...
