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Come meet James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Caprica, etc) at FanExpo Canada, and check him out LIVE in concert on August 27th!
JAMES MARSTERS will be in TORONTO and performing a concert at FanExpo Canada


on August 27, 2010, at 9:00pm, at Metro Toronto Convention Center (255 ST

FRONT W. Toronto, Ontario M5V 2W6.)



Tickets are $50(US) for VIP and $25(US) General Admission.  VIP is limited

to just 50 seats.



*PLEASE NOTE: TICKET HOLDERS MUST ALSO HAVE A FANEXPO CANADA PASS FOR

ENTRANCE INTO THE C...

Only not.


Now, while reading my own WIP, I'm finding that my brain does the same thing, so even when I sort of know where the story is going, the act of reading it aloud send my brain on a similar quest, and little details I had...

I only have a moment, so will make this one quick.  Have to get to my day job, after all!
But I noticed something over the weekend that I thought I would share.

Reading helps with writing.
I'm currently reading my way through the Harry Potter series for the first time (I know) and, while it is helping to keep me in a good frame of mind for writing my little fairytale, I found something else that is helping even more.

Reading my fairytale aloud.

In my head, I have a certain voice for it as I write ...

At long last, my first novel has made it's way across the border and into Canada.  It's showing up on Amazon.ca, and I am hoping it will hit the Chapters/Indigo market at some point, as well.
I've been waiting a long time for the chance to get my book into a Canadian online store, and am hoping to be able to get it into some retail stores, as well.  I have to pack and find a place to move to by the end of this month, so that's where my focus should be, but hopefully once I get settled in, my l...

This is the 5th anniversary of a global event to raise money for Equality Now.  It is very near and dear to my heart, and I will be heading downtown in a little while to attend Toronto's contribution in the form of a screening of the movie, Serenity , directed by Joss Whedon.

It's going to be a great time, despite the heavy potential for rain in the air!

AND I will be selling and signing copies of Carving The Light , as well.  ;)

More after the fact!

SAM

Please go listen to, and comment on, the recent podcast I did with my very good friend, The Mad Hatter, over on his movie-obsessed blog, The Dark Of The Matinee.  You'll hear us talk about all things movies, including our reviews of The A-Team.

Additionally, I get to plug Carving The Light a little at the end!

Have a listen, and enjoy!  :)

Thanks,

SAM

The Invasion of the Blue Lights by Ruth Glick



My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I still remember standing in my elementary school library looking at this book over and over...picking it up, putting it back down, then going back for it, again and again. When I finally borrowed it out and read it, the book ended up being WAY better than I'd imagined. After that first time, I borrowed it several more and finally, as an adult years later, was able to locate it online and buy a copy for myself. I read it aga...

V by A.C. Crispin



My rating: 5 of 5 stars

V by A.C. Crispin is a wonderful tie-in to one of my favourite television shows of all time. Like the miniseries upon which it is based, V follows the lives of several different characters, all of whom are brought together when alien ships suddenly appear in the skies overhead, hovering above major cities all around the world. As the press and governments scramble to maintain peace and order with the alien Visitors, some individuals begin to question t...

Carving The Light is now available at Barnes & Noble!  It's on sale, even!  ;)
I am checking almost every day, and will post other places online where the book comes up available.  I am hoping to have it more in the Canadian market very soon, as well.  But in the meantime, I will definitely take what I can get!

Additionally, I am trying to get more traffic to my Amazon.com page.  If anyone has time, please go to the book page, and click on some things...click that you own the book, add it to a ...

Sorry for my recent silence...this work week is killing me, and to top it off, I am trying to land a very specific apartment in a very specific building, and that scrambling process has taken up a lot of my time.  Along with seeing movies (still hoping to write up a quick A-Team review, to go along with my spontaneous podcasting session with The Mad Hatter, and possibly seeing Toy Story tonight)...things have just been keeping me very busy lately, it seems!
BUT I have managed to accomplish a f...