2024: A HAT-TRICK YEAR
My writing career is moving right along. CIRCLES OF CONFUSION, my debut novel, was released in late-June. A second book, SHORTS (Fact & Fiction), has just been released.
It looks like 2024 is becoming a productive time for me. Considering that I also produced a jazz duo recording, MOTIF (on flute, with bassist Tyler Wagler) this year, I consider it to be a ‘Hat-Trick’ year.
I don’t know what’s driving it, but as I turn 82 in September this year, it seems that my productive period is just beginning. I certainly don’t consider it to be some kind of ‘bucket list,’ a phrase that I find overused and distasteful. Why shouldn’t seniors enjoy surges in creative activities, especially in outlets where their life experiences can be manifested.
At various times in my life, I have been compelled to complete projects that were important to me. I have even considered some of them to be important beyond a personal quest, as if I was somehow being driven. Upon their successful completion I have often asked myself, “How did this happen? Surely I’m not capable of doing this. There must be a reason.”
Whether it’s been music, photography, painting, or writing, I have experienced that need to push on, to continue moving forward, as if that’s why I was born in the first place. If it wasn’t for that, why am I here? At the very least, why am I still here? (Of course there will be comments and arguments against this question from the biologists and the theologians, but those are concerns for another time and place)
There are seeds of a new novel currently being sown as I peck away on my laptop during daily visits to Café O, the café in Kitchener where most of the previous two books were finalized.
In the meantime, I invite you to peruse the pages of my current books. They are both available, in paperback and eBook formats, through brick and mortar outlets as well as online.
CIRCLES of CONFUSION (Paperback ISBN) 978-0-9691228-4-5
(eBook ISBN) 978-0-9691228-5-2
SHORTS (Fact & Fiction) (Paperback ISBN) 978-0-9691228-6-9
(eBook ISBN) 978-0-9691228-7-6
In my home area of Kitchener-Waterloo, you will find them on the shelf at Words Worth Books in Waterloo. They can also be ordered through Indigo/Chapters across Canada, and worldwide through Amazon and your local bookstores. From time to time, I will be appearing at book fairs and book-signing events.
Events currently scheduled include:
Indigo, Cambridge, Ontario on Sunday, September 1, 2024 (11am – 4:00pm)
Café O, Kitchener, Ontario on Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00pm – 5:00pm)
Ancaster Book Fair, Sunday, November 10, 2024 (10am – 4:30 pm)
