by Konn Lavery | Feb 14, 2017 | Interview
This month’s guest is Suzy Vadori, a YA author whose novel The Fountain was a 2016 Aurora Award Nominee for the Young Adult category. Residing in Calgary with her husband and three children, she is greatly involved with the literary community. Without further ado,...
by Konn Lavery | Jan 11, 2017 | Interview
The first guest of the year is Rebekah Raymond who writes genre-blending novels. They take elements from thrillers, horror and romance. She is based out of Calgary and is a member of both NaNoWriMo and the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society. On top of being a mother of...
by Konn Lavery | Dec 14, 2016 | Interview
Mahrie G. Reid – Mystery and Thriller Author from Calgary The last guest of 2016 is Mahrie G. Reid who is known for writing mysteries and thrillers. She is originally from Nova Scotia, and now lives north of Calgary where she has made an impact in Alberta. Mahrie is a...
by Konn Lavery | Nov 23, 2016 | Interview
This month’s guest author is Marc Watson who I met in Calgary during the When Words Collide festival back in the summer. We crossed paths during the evening’s live reading event where he read some of his fantasy work. The reading was well spoken, writing engaging and...
by Konn Lavery | Sep 28, 2016 | General, Press, Writing
Beth Wagner and Myself Discuss Breaking into Self-Publishing This year I had the opportunity to run a panel with fellow author and comic book artist Beth Wagner. Our focus for this panel was the introduction to self-publishing. It was an entry level discussion for...
by Konn Lavery | Sep 14, 2016 | Interview
Adam Dreece, Steampunk Author ventures into Sci-Fi This month’s guest author is Calgary’s Adam Dreece. He is well known for his bestselling steampunk series The Yellow Hoods. Adam had a presentation at this year’s When Words Collide about the road of indie publishing,...
by Konn Lavery | Aug 24, 2016 | Interview
This month’s guest author is A.F. Stewart who has a history of writing fantasy, sci-fi and horror novels, along with poetry. Her work has been published in various anthologies such as Beyond the Wail, Legends and Lore and Mechanized Masterpieces from Xchyler...
by Konn Lavery | Aug 16, 2016 | General
This year I had the opportunity to go to When Words Collide in Calgary, Alberta. For those that do not know, it is a yearly non-profit festival that is all about writing. This means writers, readers, agents, editors and publishers alike come together to share, learn...
by Konn Lavery | Jul 15, 2016 | General
I am pleased to say that after two years in the works, Seed Me is finally available for order! The Edmonton-based horror story has gone through a number of revamps and has pushed my creativity to its limits. Glad to finally “close this chapter” is a good...
