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Earlier this week,I had an opportunity to sit down with Canadian author Jay Clarke (aka “Michael Slade”). He’s a former lawyer and the author of over a dozen crime novels,in a genre sometimes referred to as “Mountie Noir”. (It’s a great label –almost as good,IMHO,as “Tartan Noir”,which refers to . . . →Read More:Meeting Michael Slade and talking about eBooks  Comments are closed  Book Marketing,Life,Publishing,Writing  Book Marketing,fiction,marketing,novel,publication,Vancouver,Writing Bathroom wall graffiti gives a glimpse of the way people think:it is drect,anonymous and comes with little sense of responsibility,similar to how most people’s backyards tell us how the homeowner truly lives. Bathroom wall scribbles hardly qualify as art or creative writing,but I can think of some that is more creative . . . →Read More:Enigmatic Memes:Bathroom Grafitti I Have Known Ken Lum’s public art piece,“Monument for East Vancouver”transforms an ad-hoc symbol of regional pride (or defiance,membership or territorial claim) into a new landmark on the city’s skyline. This piece is controversial…Some people love it,and some people hate it. . . . →Read More:The Monument for East Vancouver The raw material of a story or any creative work probably comes from at least two kinds of sources:the Subjective,and the Objective. Somewhere between these two seemingly opposite categories sits the Artist,who must decide how and when to engage either approach,and whether to use an unbalanced or balanced approach. . . . →Read More:On Research and Digging Deep:Setting the Tone for Believability My second novel,tentatively named “The Two Sisters”,deals with some aspects of mental illness and alcoholism,through the lives of two sisters,Connie and Rose. Rose has a history of mental illness,as well as substance abuse issues,and when my main character,Jack (her nephew) encounters her for the first time,Rose is fairly heavily medicated and tied into a wheelchair so she doesn’t fall out. Rose is a long-term resident at Riverview Psychiatric Hospital,a slightly fictionalized version of the real hospital,which is located in Coquitlam,BC. . . . →Read More:Research:Photos and Feelings of Riverview Hospital 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Learning,Life,Outsiders,Research,Writing Culture,Life Story,Vancouver,Writing Along with my dream of writing for a living (and being able to work from home on my own terms),I’ve recently adopted the dream of living on the sea. No,not near the sea,or next to the sea,or with a view of the sea –ON the sea… . . . →Read More:A Lovely Home,on the Sea… In the spirit of “try before you buy”,I invite you to read a preview of my novel,Owe Nothing,on Google Books. Owe Nothing is my non-mainstream look at Vancouver:an adventure novel based upon real people and places that I knew when my family lived in dodgy Kingsway Motels for over a year. The . . . →Read More:Preview Owe Nothing Free,on Google Books One comment - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing,Life,Publishing,Reading,Writing Book Marketing,fiction,Life Story,novel,owe nothing,publication,Vancouver,Writing Visual artist Sonny Assu fuses native symbols with pop culture,and reminds us that native culture isn’t dead,or dying,or just about preserving the past:it’s alive and interacting with us every day. . . . →Read More:Visual artist Sonny Assu fuses native symbols with pop culture Ah,Spring. A time for growth,renewal,and positive change. And spring cleaning. My personal web presence at www.ejohnlove.com has been in play since 1998,and over the years,it has been the home of all of my online personal shrines and pet projects,not the least of these is “True Life”,my personal family . . . →Read More:Owe Nothing:Taking Writing and Marketing to the Next Level… Comments are closed Book Marketing,Events,Life,Publishing,Reading,Writing adventure,Book Marketing,fiction,novel,owe nothing,publication,Vancouver,Writing In recent weeks,I’ve been researching mental health –manic depression (now called bipolar disorder). In my second novel,The Two Sisters,one character (one of the Sisters) has struggled with manic depression most of her life,and has been in and out of hospitals and halfway houses over the years. Her name is Rose, . . . →Read More:Process:Meditatng on Personal Freedom… |    | ||||
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