Year: 2025

It has been a busy month since my last post. The biggest news is that I have submitted my latest novel-in-progress to Thistledown Press located in Saskatoon in hopes they will pick it up for publication via the traditional route. Like the Saskatchewan Awards submission, it will be months before I hear anything from them – if they respond. If not accepted, I will go back to self-publishing.

The novel is written. I am going through it for the third time to weed out errors. Curiously, I am finding that in the process, the novel is slightly growing in size as I make improvements. If it is accepted, I know that it will need yet another round of editing to meet with Thistledown’s editorial expectations.

On November 27th, we will be boarding a plane to take us to Mexico where we will spend four months staying warm. On the writing agenda is to finish Space Cadet Academy Book Three. As well, there will be a lot of work to rebuild this website since I trashed a number of parts which were in need of serious improvements.

The sky, a Saskatchewan sky as dawn breaks, is always breath-taking. Each day is filled with potential. My life as a writer is in constant change as I get older [not necessarily any wiser] likely due to the fact that my best-before date is approaching. I took this photo this morning while waiting for the coffee to be ready. No wonder why they call this place the “land of the living skies.”

My book, Time’s Children, has been submitted to Saskatchewan Book Awards in two categories. I will find out sometime next spring if I made the shortlist and how well the book fared in the competition. It’s the first time I have risked such a venture. There’s no question, I am most comfortable with writing and editing than in promoting my written work.

Talking about my books, including Time’s Children, I am slowly adding the titles to this new version of my author website. I have begun by cleaning up the menu which can be seen above. Keeping it simple is decidedly much better than trying to say everything at once which overloads the menu, likely discouraging visitors from checking out the options.

So far, I am pleased with the changes though I would have preferred to have this blog section not on the frontpage. Regardless, it doesn’t really matter as long as you come and read and hopefully find a book you are interested in reading. Now, it’s time to get back to work on making this an even friendlier and better site.

Robert