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You’re a Rock Star! Yes You Are!
For the last few years I’ve been leading a double life. I work on my novel, then I head off to work. When I finish work I go back home, and dive back into my novel. It may not sound all that crazy, I...
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The Ultra-Running Birthday Party
A young friend of mine recently celebrated her 7th birthday. Instead of going bowling or having dinner at Chuck E. Cheese’s, she asked her mom for a “spa” birthday party. A lady came over with her spa...
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The Freakishness of the Long Distance Runner (Video)
So there I was, bouncing around in an Ontario classroom, talking about my novel Ultra, and sharing some of my craziest running stories. A brilliant documentary filmmaker happened to be there, and she...
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Running in London
My life changed on a Thursday. Last Thursday, actually. I drove down to London and visited a bunch of schools. School visits are one of my favourite things to begin with, but it was a gorgeous day, all...
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Finding Your Pace
It took a while, but I’ve finally figured it out. I know what I want to do when I grow up. It came to me in a flash, last Friday. I was in St. Catharines, attending an all-day student conference. I’d...
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Writing is a Bloodletting
Okay Dave, up and at ’em. You’ve got a novel to write. Stop checking Twitter, Instagram, your twelve e-mail accounts, the only good excuse not to write is to CALL YOUR PARENTS, and you connected with...
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Why Rejection = Strength-Training
Are you scared to let your friends read your writing? Do you live in fear of being told, ‘You’re no good?’ You’re not alone. My first novel came out last year, but before that, I was constantly getting...
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The Zero Winter
Writing a novel is hard. Have I mentioned this? Writing a novel is like running up a mountain of razor blades in an Antarctic blizzard while wearing high-cut Richard Simmons shorts and a pair of...
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The Zero Winter, Part 2
Back in the fall, my publisher mentioned they’d be “interested” in seeing my new novel – provided I finished writing it by the end of the year. Unfortunately, by the end of November, I’d only written...
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Have Faith, Writers!
Have you ever cooked an amazing meal for a friend? I mean, a truly amazing meal? Maybe your famous thai shrimp curry with cornmeal flatbread and that amazing spinach and strawberry salad you do… And...
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The Grind
As usual, I hated every minute of it. I ran the North Face Endurance Challenge the other day. A fifty mile race, up and down Blue Mountain, in 40 degree humidity. It was a punishing course, on a...
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