Today the postman delivered my Tweets from 2112 prize package - the officially listed grand prize of a new iPod Touch, but also a copy of...

Well, that was unexpected. I posted earlier this week about the the Canada Writes Tweets from 2112 contest, elated to make the long list ( ...

Zounds! One of my tweets listed yesterday made it onto the All-Stars list under the Space Exploration category . I guess that puts me in th...

Today CBC ran a one-day contest on Twitter, asking folks to send tweets backward in time from the year 2112. Robert J. Sawyer will judge the...

Neil just reminded me that the deadline for the annual Canada Writes short story project is approaching once again. I'm relatively happ...

Sometimes television producers are forced by circumstance to create the dreaded clip show , an episode created by using a cheap framing stor...

CBC has announced the longlist of 35 finalists for the 2012 Canada Writes short story contest. As I expected, my story, "Edge of Nowher...

The first time a visual artist interpreted my written work occurred way back in high school, when Russell Wiesener illustrated the "Sev...

I've finished and submitted my Canada Writes contest entry. My short story is just a couple words short of the maximum length, down fro...

As noted a few weeks back, I plan to enter the Canada Writes contest this year. But with the November 1 deadline looming, I have yet to ban...

My friend Neil Mackie has challenged me to participate in the Canada Writes short story contest. I have agreed to do so, not because I have...