Is the pandemic over? No, but we are learning to deal with it. Last week, for the first time after two years, I attended events to sell books directly, face-to-face, to readers. And wow, it felt great. There were a lot of masks to be seen, but a lot of maskless people, too. I’m quadruple-vaxxed, […]
Get a signed e-book for your support A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the Kickstarter campaign launched to support the new podcast, Beyond Barbarossa. You read about the rewards for supporting: everything from a shout-out in the first episode to t-shirts. Now, there’s a new reward level. For a $20 CDN contribution, […]
Help spread the word about the Kickstarter campaign for Beyond Barbarossa and win prizes The fundraising campaign to support the start-up costs for the upcoming podcast is now live on Kickstarter, and I’m asking for your help to spread the word. Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform, where interested people can contribute money to pay for […]
I’m launching a podcast on June 22, 2022. And I invite you to join me. Beyond Barbarossa will explore the largest side of the Second World War in Europe, the clash between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It’s a subject that I learned a lot about researching The Eastern Front Trilogy (Army […]
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The prices go up on April 1, 2022. It’s no joke! So don’t put it off any more: choose the cheap and free books you’ve been meaning to get. Why is the sale over? When the COVID-19 pandemic began two years ago, I made my books either free or really cheap, to the lowest price […]
I wrote that I will never again say “things can’t get worse.” Because they did, and continue to. COVID-19 cases are increasing again in China, Japan, the U.K. and elsewhere. And the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine grinds on. I find this particularly affecting, as I am married to a Ukrainian-Canadian, and I wrote […]
Last month, I wrote that things couldn’t get much worse after I developed shingles and my father passed away from COVID-19. They did. February brought savage weather and the crybaby convoy that shut down my city for three weeks. Then things got even worse, again. As the last of the detritus of the crybaby convoy […]
Thank you for all the messages, comments and emails of condolence and sympathy. I didn’t expect this response. I shared the story of my father’s passing as a warning, an object lesson about the real dangers of the pandemic and of the wilful ignorance of those who argue against getting vaccinated, and thereby endanger others. […]
