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Mom’s, Hockey, vuvuzelas and dentists
First and foremost, I would like to say Happy Mother’s day to my Mother and to my Wife. They are both great parents, and I am lucky to have both of them teaching me what to do. All kidding aside,...
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The scene of the crime – an attempted murder!! I visitied it yesterday.
Well, not really. It is the scene of a crime in a book I am writing. Yesterday I was in Sacramento for a business meeting. At the end of the day, I headed back to SMF. The best route to the airport...
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Loop Vacation available to Amazon Prime members
My first novel, Loop Vacation, is now available to Amazon Prime members. They can (and should) borrow it at no charge. The thought long and hard about making the leap to KDP Select. There is an...
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First Draft of ‘Assassin : Rebuild’ completed
The first draft of Assassin : Rebuild is finished. it came it a little north of 72,000 words, which puts it about a third longer than Loop Vacation, if anyone is counting words. I know Scrivener is....
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Scary Plane Crash
Not in real life. In my book Loop Vacation. Yesterday a 20 year old friend of the family who was traveling alone to Europe told me he had to stop reading Loop Vacation. Seems the build-up to the scene...
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First cover shot for Assassin Rebuild
It’s been a little while since I posted. I’ve been busy at work, and then on vacation. the vacation time has been great, but it’s still a little hard to get time to write. So when I do get some time,...
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Excerpt from Burnaby Burning
It’s been a long couple of months. Great family visits, got one more child off to college, one into hockey league, one into soccer lessons and helped one move into his first apartment. Oh yeah, and my...
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Cover art for Burnaby Burning
This is the first shot at the book cover and binding for Burnaby Burning. Comments? Looking at getting this published by Christmas
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Recognized as an author!!!
Yesterday, I was recognized in public as an author. No kidding!! Me. Here’s the exciting story. I was shipping a package to Canada and the proprietor of the shipping store looked at me and uttered...
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Proof sale
Sale of Two Four Proofs of Burnaby Burning Latest: One Perfect proof remaining. Latest: I added the last two perfect proofs to this sale. These are the finalized, approved proofs. My latest book,...
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Holy Cats!! My book is in a real book store!!!
Burnaby Burning ( click here for the books page ), is now on the shelves of a real brick and mortar book store. Dead Write Books in Vancouver BC is stocking Burnaby Burning. I am so excited!! Go...
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Burnaby Burning almost complete
I have been going over the final edits that my editor suggested for Burnaby Burning and its all looking pretty good. I have the proofs from Create Space. The book should be back online in a week or...
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Thanks Air Canada
Air Canada deserves a shout out. Yesterday, I f*cked up and put my US immigration documents in my checked baggage. Totally my fault. Going through customers at Vancouver International, I realized my...
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Burnaby Burning now available at Jans!!!
I am super excited that Burnaby Burning is now available at Jan.s Paperbacks in Aloha, Oregon!! Don’t believe me? Jut check for yourself? The store is located at 18095 SW Tualatin Valley Highway. It...
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A review, a rewrite and a vacation!
So first off, Burnaby Burning got its first review. I’m pretty happy. It’s four stars. It reads in part: Have not read a book yet that followed a similar storyline. Once I got into the story by the...
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Oh Facebook, you rascal….
For some unknown reason, Facebook has removed the FB page for my latest book, Burnaby Burning and has blocked me from posting to FB for twelve hours. This is very odd. The original notification came...
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Big Brother. Oh Bother
Yet again, I find myself researching topics for a novel under construction that may attract the attention of federally employed investigative friends. For Burnaby Burning, I had spent considerable time...
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Burnaby Burning Signing Event
Folks, I will be signing a very limited number of copies of Burnaby Burning (http://www.amazon.com/Burnaby-Burning-Gordon-McFadden/dp/1480144452), my breakout novel. Jan’s Paperbacks...
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A little social experiment on myself
I am always telling my kids to look for value when they are purchasing goods, services, (cars, drugs, small counties). I am not really sure how well they absorb the lessons, but that’s no the important...
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Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday Just in time for the holidays!! Jan’s Paperbacks is hosting several Indie authors, including your truely on Nov 30, 2013. I will be selling copies of Burnaby Burning and Loop...
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