HeyJaredTerry Fallis - A Novel Journey
A funny writer shares his strange and wonderful journey through the published land. If you're a writer or reader curious about the writing life, why not come along for the ride?
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Why I so often say "Yes" (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowBack in 2008, when my first novel, The Best Laid Plans, was released, I adopted a writing life mantra that I still honour to this day: Just say “Yes.” What did I mean? Well, I was so intent on doing everything I could to support my first novel that I promised myself that if ever I was asked to speak or read at a library, or a school, or a service organization, or a book club, or really anywhere, I would say “Yes.” Back then, I wasn’t asked that often
Eight weeks until An End in Itself arrives (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowEditorial note: Apologies, but we’re now in the homestretch taking us to the launch of my eleventh novel, An End in Itself. At this point in the publishing process, much of my bandwidth is consumed by preparations for the release of the novel. So, it’s almost unavoidable that my biweekly posts will skew towards my new novel. I promise to return to our regular—and less self-serving—programming at the earliest opportunity. Bear with me if you can.<h
On the road: A mild introvert masquerades as an extrovert (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowThe idea for this post came to me last week while appearing at a wonderful writers’ festival in a beautiful setting on Canada’s west coast. More on that later. But first, a look at introverts, extroverts and those of us in between. Back in my earliest days promoting my debut novel The Best Laid Plans in 2008, I discovered I love writers’ festivals—still do. I love almost everything about them, including visiting a dif
Miscellany #7: 11th novel updates, CBC interview, Lakefield Literary Festival… (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowRather than focusing on a single topic or event in this post, I cover below a collection of quick and somewhat disparate hits. Sometimes that’s what life gives you.A few updates on my upcoming eleventh novelWork continues apace towards the November 3 launch of my eleventh novel, An End in Itself. Here’s what’s unfolded in the last several weeks.A 3-D look at my new novelMy editor, Joe Lee, sent me a three-dimensional rendering of my new novel. I t
A harrowing afternoon on Lake Temagami in 1974 (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowHere’s something a little bit different. I thought I’d share a story from my past that remains so fresh in my memory that it could have happened yesterday, and not more than fifty years ago. I figure everything I’ve experienced in my life has somehow come together to make me the person—and more to the point, the writer—I am today. This is just one of those experiences… and it was wild. (Just a note before we begin, everybody involved in what fo
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