tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30851021928603130462024-03-19T04:28:40.815-04:00Marie BilodeauMarie Bilodeau is a storyteller and award-winning author living in Canada's capital region. This blog will contain LOTS of writing and caffeine talk and is pro-Second Cup (just to make it clear right off the bat).Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-32182230896433435792017-01-05T15:12:00.002-05:002017-01-05T16:43:42.978-05:00THIS BLOG IS NO LONGER ACTIVE
I *loved* blogger and all that it's done to help grow my career since 2007. But, with too many books and not enough pages, I moved over to www.mariebilodeau.com, with a brand new site. Come join the continuing insanity there!
This place will remain as an inactive archive. Enjoy!
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-58330829609363719892016-02-12T09:26:00.002-05:002016-02-12T09:26:25.986-05:00A Dash of Axe and Death for Your Valentine's Day!
Gluck is coming to romance you this WITH DEATH AND MAYHEM this Valentine's Day!
See this adorable little radish?
Gluck would eat it.
But Alara would hug it.
See? So much tension potential in this story!
Launching on the new Radish app, which is *also* launching that day (I'm a launch author! Yay!), this serialized story is fun, mayhem, magic and battle in a post-war landscape.
In other Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-60278136487712237652016-01-08T11:53:00.000-05:002016-01-08T11:53:19.144-05:00Announcing the Return of Gluck!
Back in 2011, I sold a short story to Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy for their When the Hero Comes Home anthology by Dragon Moon Press. The story was well received, garnering some lovely reviews and even became a finalist in the Aurora Awards (woo!).
Fast forward to 2015, when a new cutting edge publishing company, Radish, approached me (and other cool writers like Linda Poitevin) Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-36801229883099998742016-01-06T08:10:00.000-05:002016-01-06T08:10:05.536-05:00Special Hardcover Edition of Nigh 2!
The hardcover edition of Nigh 2 is now available! Complete with gorgeous art from cover artist Kerri Elizabeth Gerow, this is an edition not to be missed!
For those of you who asked - there will be an omnibus edition, released fall of 2016. But it won't have the pretty extra art, nor will it be hard cover. Let your book sense guide you to the edition that's right for you!
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-69988660637868663352015-10-23T09:55:00.000-04:002015-10-23T09:55:31.442-04:00Hallowe'en Stories on Sunday!
Cute picture by v-collins on Deviant Art!
I'm going back to Pinhey's Point on Sunday, from 11-4, to tell scary stories! Audience appropriate scary stories, so yes, you can bring your little ones!
There will be ghosts, and carnivals, and owls and, um, I haven't figured out my set yet. But it'll be cool! Storytelling should be every hour, so come on out, enjoy the pumpkin carving Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-55046867006370118752015-10-22T21:29:00.001-04:002015-10-22T21:29:43.905-04:00Can*Con - Paper Airplane Contest Rules!
WARNING: I SCREAM AT YOU IN THIS POST AND I DO NO APOLOGIZE.
Back by popular demand, the paper airplane contest shall once more wreak havoc upon CAN-CON. I've been asked mutliple questions by citizens: what shall I bring? Do we need our own band aids? A change of clothes? To sign a waiver?
Well, here are your answers: BRING ONLY YOURSELVES!
I've also received questions on Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-68923704396258712652015-10-21T12:01:00.001-04:002015-10-21T12:03:23.471-04:00GUEST POST: KT Bryski's New Novel!
*Editorial note included at end of post.*
Hi! I’m KT
Bryski—Canadian fantasy author and podcaster and writing comrade of the
ever-lovely and talented Marie Bilodeau. She’s welcomed me to her blog with a
few questions. Simple questions, she said. Easy questions. Nothing to worry
about. Not at all.
I’m not nervous. Not
at all.
*eep*
What’s your current
project?
That’s…that’s it? WowMarie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-14774206275840460132015-10-19T13:20:00.001-04:002015-10-19T13:23:46.917-04:00NEW BOOK! Eye of Glass, set in Ed Greenwood's Hellmaw!
I'm super thrilled to announce that I'm part of the The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG), a revolutionary publishing venture by the creator of Forgotten Realms himself!
My first book, set in his new Hellmaw realm and already written, will be coming out in February 2016! Hellmaw is a dark world, where ruthless daemons stalk our streets, seeing humanity as little more than cattle.
And then, there's Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-73064571248675080832015-10-12T09:44:00.001-04:002015-10-12T10:22:54.738-04:00Being Thankful For Writing
I'm thankful for writing today, on Thanksgiving Day. So many memes on Facebook say that writing is like pulling out your own eyes and eating them (along those lines, anyway), but I don't believe that.
I'm thankful for writing because of the worlds it opens up to me, some with rolling hills ablaze with magic, others with distant star systems to explore.
I'm thankful for the characters Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-10431646117716724092015-09-21T10:34:00.002-04:002015-09-21T10:34:25.651-04:00Episode 15!
This is the little podcast that could (with lots of bad jokes)! Check out episode 15 today!
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-17306687768841710722015-09-18T21:24:00.000-04:002015-09-18T21:25:27.251-04:00I'm a book! Check me out!
This year, during Ottawa's Nuit Blanche, I get to be a book! At the Human Library!!! I don't think I've been this excited since I sold my first book!
It's tomorrow night (Saturday the 19th). I'll be there from 10 pm until 1 am, and people can "check me out" for 20 minutes (as in a book in a library checking out, not as in a skeevy guy in the Market checking out, which is what Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-72879657549527620782015-09-14T10:43:00.000-04:002015-09-14T10:43:03.831-04:00Planet X Podcast: Already at Episode 14!
We're already at episode 14 of Planet X Podcast! Time flies by! Thanks to everyone here who's been following along with the podcast. Jay Odjick, Ken Bonnie and myself appreciate it!
This week, I personally got to review Night of the Living Deadpool (insane fun). Jay talks video games and Ken gives the rundown of all the upcoming genre TV (well, until mid October. And only someMarie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-52382499852906515082015-09-07T10:23:00.000-04:002015-09-07T10:23:56.433-04:00The Great Serialization Experiment, Part 3 - Writing and Cookies!
The last post on lessons learned from writing Nigh is up over at Black Gate Magazine! I talk writing and cookies. (The two most important component of serializing a novel.)
Cookie Monster approves of this blog post.
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-59785664170187150172015-08-26T09:41:00.000-04:002015-08-26T09:41:36.547-04:00Chatting about Writing over at Planet X
Last week was slow for geek news, so Jay Odjick, Ken Bonnie and I chatted writing over at Planet X Podcast! Check it out if you'd like some inspiration or ideas! The second half of the episode is filled with writing tips and stories. We're also on iTunes and Soundcloud.
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-70655643217750865322015-08-25T07:55:00.001-04:002015-08-25T07:55:08.376-04:00The Great Serialization Experiment, Part 2
Check out my Black Gate post where I chat about numbers, business and Power Rangers. (All very important factors in serializing your own novel.)
Strike a pose. It's Serious Morphing Time.
Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-27503806405346652722015-08-18T07:50:00.004-04:002015-08-25T12:22:20.126-04:00How Good Are You at Hustling?
I'm late with yesterday's post because I took the weekend off. I actually took it off, without work or social media, not even writing. I went to visit some friends I've been meaning to spend quality time with, and I had a great time!
Stinky Car is Angry Melty Car.
Then, on my way home, the car in front of me on the highway swerved a bit, then a lot, and bounced up. I took my foot off Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-9190501385866049712015-08-13T08:29:00.000-04:002015-08-13T08:29:09.965-04:00Announcing The Wizard and the Dragon!
I've had the pleasure of performing in several shows with Nicole Lavigne, including at an Arthurian legends show at the Tea Party. We had a lot of fun preparing our stories, and agreed that we could push the material much further. I'm pleased to announce that the Ottawa Storytellers have given us that opportunity by welcoming us to their National Art Centre's Fourth Stage lineup!
Our Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-44594750671239392552015-08-11T06:52:00.002-04:002015-08-11T06:52:24.826-04:00Serialization: Part 1 of 3
Are you thinking of serializing your own novel? I'm sharing some of my thoughts and experiences from serializing Nigh, from why I did it, to some technical lessons, and of course the most important part - how to adapt your story so that it works as a serialized piece.
This is the next part of the writing life series, although it's hosted over at Black Gate Magazine. Check out this first Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-48870119845627203132015-08-07T09:56:00.001-04:002015-08-07T09:57:30.284-04:00GUEST POST: What's In A Name? Changing Perspectives
Continuing on our little impromptu series, here's the perspective of an upcoming writer. Nicole Lavigne is very active in the community and she's hardworking and very ambitious. Keep an eye out for her name, coming in bookstores everywhere soon, I've no doubt!
Speaking of names (ha), I was stunned to learn that my SF Signal blog post had made such an impact on her, especially knowing Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-38438802762090393452015-08-05T15:14:00.000-04:002015-08-05T15:14:02.254-04:00GUEST POST: Names Have Power
Following my blarghing about female authors hiding their gender in pseudonyms, I wanted to get some different thoughts on the whole thing. I invited Sheena McNeil, Editrix-in-Chief of Sequential Tart, avid reader, burgeoning fiction author and just all around awesome individual, to share her thoughts on the matter. Thanks for sharing, Sheena!
I love Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-31277079217667848892015-08-05T07:53:00.000-04:002015-08-05T09:23:41.994-04:00Yes, people suck. And names get judged. So what are you gonna do about it?
We judge gender, ethnicity, even the style of the book and writing just by looking at the author's name. This is nothing new - it's not like humanity is known for its non-judgmental ways. There are bars somewhere out there, on tiny planets with giant telescopes aimed our way, where multiple-armed universethropologists study how complicated we make everything (they're in bars because they're moreMarie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-48033412153252936912015-08-04T08:00:00.000-04:002015-08-04T15:40:18.909-04:00A Year Later, I'm Still Standing (Mostly)
Life isn't an adventure. It's an experiment. A glorious experiment, with more variables than can be controlled, too little time to try even a pinch of the possibilities, and so many deviations that we don't even have a good comparative baseline. The only certainty is the final outcome. So don't just spice your life. Throw some freaking explosive chemicals into the mix and see what happens.*
A Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-89697016931956422862015-07-30T06:52:00.001-04:002015-07-30T06:52:13.644-04:00Riverfest at Pinhey's Point!
Join some fun and sun on Sunday, August 9, and come out and hear some stories! I'll tell some pioneering, seafaring and generally Canadian-ing stories, all with flair and fun and twists, of course! I had the chance to tell ghost stories at Pinhey's Point last year with Ruthanne Edward and Kathryn Hunt, and the site itself is just so beautiful. Make sure to check it out, for RiverfestMarie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-57172934659368944702015-07-21T07:34:00.003-04:002015-07-21T07:34:57.622-04:00Kingston and Orillia!
This coming Saturday (July 25), I'll have the pleasure of being *everywhere!* Well, in two places, anyway.
I'll start the day at the inaugural Limestone Genre Expo, in Kingston, Ontario. This looks like a fantastic event, and I highly recommend it. I'll be at the following:
10:00 am - 11:00 am
FANTASY PANEL
Moderator: Derek Newman-StillePanelists: Violet Malan, Kit Daven,Marie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085102192860313046.post-15392346101883894222015-07-02T18:46:00.002-04:002015-08-05T10:26:07.755-04:00The Real Reasons Behind Unpoppable Bubble Wrap (Be Warned. And Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.)
It was with great concern that I read this seemingly innocuous article: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/revamped-bubble-wrap-no-longer-pop-able-2015-07-02. Great concern. So much concern, in fact, that I wrote a letter about it. Hopefully it will not be a letter without reply… In this case, no reply may just be the most frightening reply ofMarie Bilodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267048318492032120noreply@blogger.com0