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"Wazo the Wildcard: Things Go Wrong, Mostly" is Released
My first YA novel (suitable for kids 12 to 99) is out! Recommend to fans of Terry Prat…
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You Seemed Fine is now available
It’s official. You Seemed Fine: A Guide to Functioning (Sort of) is now available. I started writing this book because I had spent a long time getting very g…
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Our Voices, Our Work: A New Indigenous Reconciliation Podcast Series
I have a somewhat unexpected announcement to make. Last year, I recorded a 12-episode video podcast series for Indigenous Services Canada exploring Indigenous …
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How to Pass as Normal Without Dying Inside
One of the central ideas in You Seemed Fine is that looking okay and being okay are not necessarily the same thing. I got very good at lookin…
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Rhetorical Strategies in Settler-Colonial Denial
Mining and geological maps made the Flin Flon area legible as a mineral district. They record ore bodies, claims, and industrial development, but not the Ind…
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Not an Epic April Fools’ Joke (Unless the Joke’s on All of Us)
A small but satisfying update: both You Tried: A Deadbeat’s Guide to Self-Actualization and Wazo the Wildcard: Things Go Wrong, Mostly are now in the catalo…
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On Shelves and Chapters
As one professional chapter closes at the end of this month, it feels meaningful to see another one finding its place on a public shelf. The first Wazo book h…
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Signed Copies Available
Not many, but I do keep a few copies of my books on hand. Cheaper than Amazon because they don't get a cut of the sales. I might also be able to drop them …
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The Unusual Predicament of Sophie De Murtas: A Completion, Not a Rewrite
Art: "Storyteller" by Fuseblower Here a sentence I ne…
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"Wazo the Wildcard: Things Go Wrong, Mostly" is Released
My first YA novel (suitable for kids 12 to 99) is out! Recommend to fans of Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series, readers who loved The House in the Cer…
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Wazo the Wildcard (or: What I Did On My Summer Vacation)
So, while you were busily doing nothing or lazing on a beach somewhere, some of us were not doing that but wishing we were. Unfortunately, we wer…
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A Book That Grows With Me: Why I Embrace Silent, Slow Updates
When I first set out to write You Tried , I didn’t want to create a static artifact—a final, unchanging object sealed in amber. Instead, I want…
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