Find Chuck Waldron on his websites (chuckwaldron.com and writebyme.ca),his blog chuckwaldron.blogspot.com, and his writing support services site for Indie Authorsat canamauthorservices.com. For the Viel and Powers families, revenge served cold is not on the menu. Fuelled by a long-standing feud between the clan patriarchs, nothing less than hot-blooded vengeance will do… When Sean is called to the bedside of his dying father in [CONTINUE READING]
It was a perfectly normal day. And I was engaged in perfectly normal activities. Running a few errands, then a quick stop at the store to pick-up a bottle of wine for dinner. Now, I have to admit, I can easily get side-tracked for an hour (or longer) once I get looking at bottles of [CONTINUE READING]
I am a creative writer and by this I mean to suggest that I engage in the artistic practice of creating ‘creative writing theory’ through the making of a work of art. What I am suggesting here is that a work of creative writing ‘arises’ from the artistic practice and is not simply anything written [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 222011
Lose yourself in a good book, and you’ll have experiences you might never have in real life. Some of these are the kind you wish would come true. And some are so terrifying that you’re glad this is just fiction. Here’s a list of some great and awful experiences you can live through as a [CONTINUE READING]
Since my first novel, Lagan Love, was published there is one question I have been asked a number of times: Was it difficult to write female characters? I have often wondered at that. Is it because I am a man and therefore it is assumed that I would have difficulty in understanding women?Or is it [CONTINUE READING]
People die every day. But not all of the souls can or want to move onto the afterlife. That’s where the brothers Thane and Mort Grym come in. Thane and Mort are bounty hunters for dead souls. They inherited the job from their father and they’re two of the best in town. But when there’s [CONTINUE READING]
I can’t take all the credit for my new series, The Grym Brothers. Well, I mean, I could, but that wouldn’t be very nice and I’d have to give back my Husband of the Year Award. You see, The Grym Brothers originated with my wife. Prior to the Gryms, my main series were the Alex [CONTINUE READING]
Recently I was running an errand near the local mall. I had not gone out there recently. While I was waiting to meet a friend I decided to stop by the massive Borders store. I had not been to that Borders for at least six months or so. Last year at Christmas time I had [CONTINUE READING]
Oct 182011
The women of ancient Egypt were the freest of any civilization on earth, until the modern era. In several dynasties of ancient Egypt the God’s Wives of Amun stood tall, priestesses of wealth and power, who represented the pinnacle of female power in the Egyptian state. Many called The God’s Wife of Amun second only [CONTINUE READING]
There are nasty rumours floating around the web these days about the demise of the book. Some people in the industry are afraid that the rise of the e-book means that the printed copy of a book will soon be extinct. Many tie the future of the book to the baby boomer generation: that is [CONTINUE READING]
Addy Marten sets out to explore her new neighbour’s beautiful garden, and especially the rows of mysterious stone statues that she has glimpsed through her bedroom window. Instead of the enticing hideaway she has imagined, however, she finds herself trapped in the Median Realms, and an unwilling pawn in a game of Fairy Chess. She [CONTINUE READING]
