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Jun.18.2013
I'm looking down the timeline ahead of me over the next few months and wondering how I'll find the time - and places - to successfully sing out the news about the novel. I have ideas, and I have an amazing support network - a husband, a lot of author friends, the people I've met and befriended...
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Jun.17.2013
When I was younger, I loved comic books. Specifically, I loved the X-men, because I could identify with them. They were outsiders (check!), they had to be afraid that people would find out what they truly were (check!), and no matter how hard they tried, they would always be mutants, and...
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Jun.16.2013
For my next trick, I won't lose my mind.
Father's day is iffy at best for me. I don't want to slam the day itself - I get to see all sorts of wonderful father types, and I adore my father-in-law. I think it's a sweet idea, and I also think that - much like Christmas or Valentine's Day - people...
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Jun.15.2013
Today I was lucky enough to have some time with my cousin's wife on her trip through Canada - a trip that's unfortunately in part due to laying some of my cousin's ashes to rest in the places he liked best. It's wonderful to see her - she's really one of the best pieces of my family (and regardless...
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Jun.14.2013
Linda Poitevin recently blogged a question out to the 'net about pseudonyms. When I was starting with my first few short stories, and I got a call for submissions for erotica, I had a serious pause and think about the same topic. Should I tie the same name - 'Nathan Burgoine (that's a link to my...
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Jun.13.2013
I dislike horror. I say "dislike" because I try not to over-use the word "hate." Horror sneaks into my head, sticks around, plants horrible little horror eggs which then hatch and eat my subconscious from within in the form of nightmare maggots. Horror and I, as it were, do not get along.
So,...
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Jun.12.2013
Today I was pretty good on the writing front. I got about 4,400 words down. I also worked on the retaining wall a wee bit in the back yard, set up the party listing for This is How You Die, and then decided it was time to take my fella out to dinner once he got home. We went out, ordered our...
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Jun.11.2013
Today on my bus ride home, a couple behind me were having a relationship meltdown. By the time I got to where I hop off the bus to make a transfer, they had rehashed their issues - twice - and decided to call it quits. It was awkward all around, but when I tweeted about it, my friend (and...
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Jun.10.2013
With father's day approaching, it's starting to happen again. People don't mean to, but they make comments or ask questions and it's always a wee bit awkward. And then sometimes, people step right in it.
I'm not a fan of publicly shaming your kid. I had enough of that when I was young, and it...
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Jun.09.2013
Last night both my husband and I had bad dreams. He had a work dream, I had a family dream - and both were unwelcome and left us disturbed and cranky in the morning. It's funny how something that isn't even real (or at least, real only in a chemical/subconscious sense) can impact you so...
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Jun.08.2013
One of the best feelings in the world is opening up a message from someone who took the time to send their compliments over something I wrote. That happened recently, and it cast a light on everything I did all day. It was magic. I encourage you to take the time to do this if you've ever read...
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Jun.07.2013
Today was a PD Day, so the numbers of tween and younger people was pretty high. Also the numbers of frustrated parents and grandparents who had to deal with their kids (and likely take time off work to do so). Still, it's always heartwarming to see young people heading to the bookstore as a...
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Jun.07.2013
There's a conversation around pricing I've had a few dozen times where I like to draw a particular parallel. When the price of entertainment - specifically, a book - seems steep, I try to think of it in terms of a cup of coffee (or, in my case, tea.) If I get a tea from Tim Horton's, I'm paying...
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Jun.06.2013
I've known for years now that when I crack a tale by William Holden I should leave some space between the reading of the tale and going to sleep. I have a psychological issue with dark tales and horror in general, and Holden never fails to scribe a story that will make its way into my head with...
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Jun.05.2013
One of the panels at the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was about marketing, and one of the topics that came up at the panel on marketing was vlogs, and the moment I heard that word, I thought of Carsen Taite. If you've not had a chance to watch any of her vlog entries, you should take a...
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Burgoine’s characters are as sharp as the points on their teeth and their dialogue snaps like breaking spines.”
—Out in Print Queer Book Reviews
About Nathan
‘Nathan Burgoine grew up a reader and studied literature in university while making a living as a bookseller—a job he still does, and still loves. His first published short story was “Heart” in the collection Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction. Since then, he has...
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Nathan’s Favorite Books
It Had To Be You (Timothy James Beck), Straight Lies (Rob Byrnes), A Coventry Christmas (Becky Cochrane), Murder in the Rue Ursulines (Greg Herren), Practical...