When I decided to participate in 2014's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it was the prime opportunity for me to try writing a brand new novel and a new writing style. NaNoWriMo forces writers to crank out 50,000 words in 30 days. Having to dedicate myself to...
Konn Lavery
Breaking Into Writing Horror: Part 1 – Where to Begin?
In 2011, I began pursuing my professional writing career by working on a fantasy horror series titled Mental Damnation. The original manuscript was written in high school and required a massive revamp of the story arch, characters and the overall writing style. The...
Damnation at the Edmonton Comic Expo
Marvel superheroes, internet trends and movie references, all mashed up in a buzzing weekend at the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo. This was the second year I had a booth at this thrilling event. Each year proves itself to be unique and rewarding in its own....
Hello world!
I have started up my blog site! After years of having a landing page for the domain konnlavery.com, it has finally been converted into a place where my thoughts, adventures, inspirations, projects and more will be shared. Blogging has been a foreign concept to me and...
Dream Hits Edmonton Journal Bestseller Chart
Congrats to #yegwrites authors on the @EJ_Arts Bestseller list. Caterina Edwards hit it twice! @konnl @myrlc @camtait pic.twitter.com/4iedJIqj4Y — YEGwrites (@yegwrites) May 22, 2015
Mental Damnation: Dream – Live Chapter Reading at Naked Cyber Cafe
The launch event of Mental Damnation: Dream at Naked Cyber Cafe. In 2014 Dream was unleashed into the public. It consisted of live readings from the book. This sample is the last reading of the evening, which was the best video recorded. Future recordings will be...
Edmonton Examiner covers Dream
The Edmonton Examiner features Dream, the second novel in the Mental Damnation series. Edmonton author Konn Lavery releases second book in young adult trilogy, Mental Damnation: Dream We chat about the release of the novel, inspiration and my writing career. Extracted...
Eat Sleep Write Interview about Reality
Eat Sleep Write was the first digital interview I was a part of. Author Julie Cooper Brown interviewed me discussing the release of Reality, the first novel of the Mental Damnation series. Author Talk: Konn Lavery Talks With Eat Sleep Write's Julie Cooper Brown
Void Magazine Interview
Edmonton's Void Magazine has Konn Lavery as a guest in their first issue to discuss Reality, the first novel of the Mental Damnation series: Or view it on issuu.com: https://issuu.com/voidmagazine/docs/v2web