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NaNoWriMo 2013
I didn’t think I would do it this year. The novel I had in mind, I couldn’t get researched in time. I had trouble even with desiring to write anything, and I worried that by the time November 1st came around, I’d have some motivation back but nothing to write. And so I, unusually for…
Orangeberry Tour of TIME AND SPACE Wraps Up
“It’s hard to fight for home when you’re dumped into an alien future with a pack of three boys gunning for your death.“ Today, August 31st, is the last day of the 2013 Orangeberry Book Expo, in which I participated with my time travel novel. Time and Space is in row 7 of their Booths.…
Announcing the Launch of #ABIchat on Twitter
One of the great things about Twitter is the way it fosters conversations, the way people support each other. One of the things the brain injury community is lacking is a place to chat regularly on Twitter. And so I am launching a regular Twitter chat I’ve given the moniker “#ABIchat.” After seeing other medical…
Time and Space Giveaway!
You’ve seen the announcement, read the excerpt, checked out my interviews on my writing, and now you can enter my Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a signed paperback copy of Time and Space. But hurry, it ends July 3rd! Goodreads Book Giveaway Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy Giveaway ends July 03, 2013.…
#LoveYourBrain, The Crash Reel Campaign
A few weeks ago, BrainLine tweeted: “Join the #LoveYourBrain campaign.” I asked them what that was about, and @TheCrashReel replied that it’s a campaign to educate others about brain injury, concussion, and safety. There are a few of these kinds of awareness campaigns going on in Canada, the US, and other countries, but I was…
Time and Space Goes on a Virtual Book Tour
New novel, new book tour! I launched Time and Space on 4 June 2013 and sent it off on an Orangeberry book tour at the same time. Today ends the first leg of the book tour, which comprised reviews (to come), guest posts, author interviews, and a #TwitterView! Day One: Newbie Blast and a Feature…
Time and Space Launching
It’s hard to believe, but almost two years after I began relearning certain aspects of theoretical physics, general relativity, and time travel, I am now launching the fruits of all that mental labour: my second novel Time and Space. “Faint clicks emanating from behind me, from inside the murkiest of the gloom, send all my…
Hockey Canada’s Ban on Peewee Bodychecking a First Step
Hockey Canada has banned bodychecking at the peewee level, and Don Cherry is outraged. “You’re gonna be sorry. You watch and see, you will be sorry.” (Don Cherry, Coach’s Corner, 25 May 2013) According to the CBC story on The Huffington Post Canada, Cherry concedes that Hockey Canada has good intentions, but as he notes,…