Pencil portrait of Loretta Swit It’s probably been 25 years since I last did any drawing. I don’t know why I stopped. Most likely the daily busy-ness of life. I mean, it’s not like I didn’t enjoy doing it anymore. Drawing is one of the things that I’m considering adding back into my [...]
Alice's residence: The Apostolic Palace behind the Basilica of St. Peter's church in Vatican City ** This is a spoiler-free post. ** Nuns take three vows -- poverty, chastity, and obedience. The vow of poverty is supposed to free a nun from being fascinated by material things so that she may be [...]
When I was in Grade 2, back in prehistoric times, I must’ve really been into football. I say “must’ve” because I honestly don’t remember. I am, after all, old — or so my kids tell me. To tell the truth, I only remember bits and pieces on either end of the incident I’m going to [...]
Stories Rule Press are running their monthly four day 20% off sale, starting today. It includes all the books currently available on the SRP site, including boxed sets, books already on discount, new releases and pre-orders…everything! You can buy as much or as little as you want, and you can use the coupon code [...]
In the ring after a match in Regina. This may surprise you, but writing was not my first choice as a career. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a pro wrestler. A great many of my early childhood memories are tied up with it. Sitting in front of [...]
Alice Fisher/Sister Jacobine has become one of my favorite characters to write/spend time with. In 2020, a writer friend of mine put out a call for submissions for an anthology he was putting together titled Nuns with Guns. That idea immediately intrigued me, and I started thinking about reasons a nun would pick up [...]
Time to grab some weekend reading! It's the SRP monthly 20% off sale. The sale starts today, and ends at midnight MDT May 2nd. All books, stories, boxed sets, even those already discounted, are included in the sale. You can re-use the coupon over and over, too--as long as it's on one of the [...]
My publisher, Stories Rule Press, are running their end of the month 20% of Everything sale. The sale ends at midnight MDT on April 2nd. Here's the coupon: GPMHB7C7 And here's the SRP store. Shop Now @ SRP! Enjoy your browsing! Mark.
The first of these ends in two weeks, folks. FYI. The last four are all month-long. Have a browse -- there's some good stuff in these! Check them out Here or click on the picture above! Check them out Here or click on the picture above! Check them out Here or click on the [...]
There is a 50% of everything on Stories Rule Press sale running for four days only, starting today. This is our usual monthly sale, but with an extra kick, because nearly every author at Stories Rule Press has a birthday in February. Actually, it's even more intense than that, as long term readers will [...]
