tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39093708372750864932024-03-14T01:56:00.530-07:00Adam Lewis SchroederAdam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-4522222425870459552017-01-24T11:54:00.000-08:002017-01-24T13:28:40.488-08:00January '17 update<br />
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A lovely honour! My novel <i>All-Day Breakfast </i>has been shortlisted for the <a href="http://therelitawards.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">2017 Re-Lit Award</a>, given to best new work from independent Canadian publishers. Many other terrific shortlistees!<br />
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My dear pal Alix Hawley has published a timely, heartbreaking <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/the-match-struck-by-trumps-gaslighting/" target="_blank">piece in Macleans</a>; so worth your time.<br />
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I will be at the Penticton Sci-Fi/Comicon (more specific name still to come) at the Penticton Lakeside Hotel, 10 am-5 pm on July 8. Yes, here in Penticton and first of its kind.<br />
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I'll finish the first draft of a new novel sometime this spring! I wrote it down so now it has to happen.<br />
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(Top: Penticton Farmers Market, summer 2016 thereabouts.) Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-85985195721755634272016-08-01T14:05:00.003-07:002016-08-01T14:05:58.720-07:00<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm working on a new book, thanks largely to the hammering intensity of my novel-workshopping colleagues <a href="http://www.corinnachong.com/" target="_blank">Corinna Chong </a>and <a href="http://www.alixhawley.com/" target="_blank">Alix Hawley</a>. If a first draft's finished by the end of summer I'll put up a flashy, celebratory post; if not my face is still pressed to the keyboard.<br />
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My first work for comic books! Though not writing a comic. A raucous text story will appear in the next volume of Ed Brisson's <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-violent" target="_blank">The Violent</a>.<br />
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<b>Most important </b>right here right now: The <a href="https://spokefestival.com/" target="_blank">Spoke Literary Festival</a>. Start writing wheels rolling or get a leg up on current work, through four intensive workshops over the August 20/21 weekend in Vernon BC. Any reason <b>not to write</b> dispelled over two unforgettable days! The July 31 deadline is extended until the final seats have bums in them.<br />
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(Top: Tsawwassen BC, July 2017.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-21141951915184759382016-04-28T11:44:00.001-07:002016-04-28T11:51:58.434-07:00Spring 2016 update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday, April 30, I'll be at <a href="http://bookmanager.com/1189344/" target="_blank">Otter Books, in Nelson BC</a>, from 9:30 to 11:30 am in support of international Authors for Indies Day. I will dance for you, sing for you, advise which books to buy from Otter Books' lively selection. Plus just now I took a bath and tidied my beard, and though the event's two days away and their effect may wear off that's better than nothing.<br />
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May through July will bring straight-up writing, followed by Vernon BC's wildly-rumoured Spokes Festival over the third weekend in August. Life is solid & awesome.<br />
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Jaw-Dropping Recommendation #1: <a href="http://www.christyannconlin.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Memento </i>by Christy Ann Conlin</a> of the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. I was fortunate enough to go to school with Christy Ann twenty years ago and I flat-out pity anyway who has not met her; cracking her stellar second novel will be a good start at including Ms. Conlin in your life.<br />
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(Washington DC, February 2016. Mike Schroeder photo. I was out east signing books! That's not my truck.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-31686735181298832232015-10-07T12:20:00.003-07:002015-10-07T12:22:23.322-07:00October update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As of September, <i>All-Day Breakfast</i> is for sale in the US at many fine independent stores as well as at all fine Barnes & Noble stores, where as of December the book will feature prominently in their affiliated <a href="https://www.forewordreviews.com/" target="_blank">Foreword Reviews </a>magazine.<br />
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<b>Upcoming events</b>, none very near to the other:<br />
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<a href="https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/nacswf/nacswf/author-speaker/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder.html" target="_blank">Singapore Writers Festival</a>. <i>Outside Looking In: Overcoming the Risk of Exoticising</i>, with Madeleine Thien, 1 Nov, Sun 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM; and <i>The Appeal of the Undead</i>, with Lefty and Nicholas Yong, 1 Nov, Sun 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM.<br />
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San Diego. <a href="http://www.mystgalaxy.com/" target="_blank">Mysterious Galaxy Books</a>, Saturday, January 2, 2 PM. <br />
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<a href="http://kelownafx.com/about/" target="_blank">Kelowna Fan Xpo</a>, Saturday, March 19. Time & venue TBA.<br />
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I'd planned to read at <a href="http://www.bookmarkshoppe.com/" target="_blank">Bookmark Shoppe</a> in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on October 11 but have had to cancel due to a dumb sick-cough-chest infection. I will reschedule because Brooklyn.<br />
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(Photo by Anne Fleming, in Toronto.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-22117605438118524072015-08-16T22:29:00.004-07:002015-08-16T22:38:03.308-07:00August update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a review from <em>Trek</em>, the UBC alumnus magazine; ADB is second-to-last on the page below:<br />
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No previous review mentioned Congo even once.<br />
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And here's a quick but incisive interview with me from Alix Hawley's wonderful <em>Storybrain </em>series:<br />
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(Hooked on Books, Penticton BC.)<br />
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A lovely short profile by Stacy Penner in the Kelowna Now online paper:<br />
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-<em>All-Day Breakfast </em>has been chosen by Amazon.ca as one of the 25 best books of the year so far -- books in any genre, from anywhere in the world -- and one of the 8 best books from Canada.<br />
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-I'll be reading on September 25 & 26 at the Thin Air Festival in Winnipeg; on October 31 & November 1 (a week earlier than previously posted) at the Singapore Writers Festival.<br />
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-The first draft of my next book is coming along at top speed. I'm part of a very small writing group this time around and there's nothing like monthly deadlines to increase page-count and decrease hours slept.<br />
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(Calgary, AB. Jimmy Schroeder photo.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-88284737122192773512015-05-20T11:28:00.000-07:002015-05-20T11:33:26.818-07:00Upcoming Readings: Calgary, Singapore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'll be reading from <em>All-Day Breakfast </em>at <a href="http://shelflifebooks.ca/" target="_blank">Shelf Life Books </a>in Calgary at 7 pm on Monday, June 8. (My sister will receive her Social Work degree in Calgary on June 4, plus there's the zoo, Drumheller and my wife's cousin's farm outside Rimbey to explore.) Calgarian and old pal <a href="https://leeshedden.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Lee Shedden</a> will acquire drums and drummer for the event. Thank you, Lee.<br />
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Plus! I'll be appearing at the <a href="https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/nacswf/nacswf.html" target="_blank">Singapore Writers Festival</a>, thirteen thousand kilometres away, from November 6 - 8. Astounding. May read from older works <em><a href="http://www.adamlewisschroeder.com/empresshome.php" target="_blank">Empress of Asia</a> </em>and <em><a href="http://www.adamlewisschroeder.com/kingdomofmonkeysbook.html" target="_blank">Kingdom of Monkeys </a></em>since, well, they're set in varying degrees in Singapore while <em>All-Day Breakfast </em>is in Nebraska.<em> </em><br />
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(Vancouver w. SE Asia-style rain.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-85435023112959019562015-04-20T11:59:00.002-07:002015-04-20T12:01:03.297-07:00Globe & Mail, Coastal Spectator Reviews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lovely reviews. Thank you, people.<br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/three-small-press-books-worth-a-read/article24006858/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/three-small-press-books-worth-a-read/article24006858/</a><br />
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(International House of Pancakes, Kelowna BC. Finn Schroeder photo.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-16492253204249334982015-04-10T14:11:00.004-07:002015-04-10T14:11:51.434-07:00Your Last Chance for Giveaway Contest<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_55283aa0ae5d52494981337">
"All-Day Breakfast" Giveaway Contest: Shawn Pol and James Baker correctly answered Question #2 as Bruce Springsteen. Then Mr. Pol's name was pulled in the draw! Sorry, James Baker!<br />
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ADB Giveaway Contest, Question #3 (the last): <br /> Peter's gang sings karaoke to a song recorded by both Van Halen and The Kinks. What song? <br />
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Direct message your answer on Facebook author page (link on posts below) to have this killer new novel mailed straight to your door, where it won't necessarily kill you. It will only kill your MIND. Answers due noon PST, Monday April 12.<br />
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Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-44651672407398364032015-04-08T10:47:00.002-07:002015-04-08T10:47:47.858-07:00Giveaway Contest Continues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_neTFOP-o3O5riS2J5Z7O7xrbsrdpk3V7z9sgJXVTrj13pbdjsnNDsKSwVT7UGBiitCt9pX5PP_Hoz0cIcNE5ZW_BC2_URv-luLsqRmQQit9QI6ZCHZGtoVpoLXON6d0mENm1NN1mzxQ/s1600/andrea+phillpotts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_neTFOP-o3O5riS2J5Z7O7xrbsrdpk3V7z9sgJXVTrj13pbdjsnNDsKSwVT7UGBiitCt9pX5PP_Hoz0cIcNE5ZW_BC2_URv-luLsqRmQQit9QI6ZCHZGtoVpoLXON6d0mENm1NN1mzxQ/s1600/andrea+phillpotts.jpg" height="320" width="235" /></a>"All-Day Breakfast" Giveaway Contest: <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=630085659" href="https://www.facebook.com/pol.shawn">Shawn Pol</a>, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=518551936" href="https://www.facebook.com/marta.albricht">Marta Albricht</a> and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=526521955" href="https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.wickens.1">Rebecca Wickens</a> correctly answered question #1 as The Thing. Then Ms. Wickens' name was pulled in the draw! <br />
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ADB Giveaway Contest, Question #2: <br /> Miss Federici is a teacher at Colts Neck Elementary. To whom or what are both these names a reference?<br />
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Direct message me your answer at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500</a> for a chance to have this killer new novel mailed straight to your door, where it won't necessarily kill you. It will only kill your MIND. Answers due noon PST, Friday April 9.<br />
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(Image courtesy Andrea Phillpotts.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-65427851892197504392015-04-01T22:07:00.004-07:002015-04-01T22:07:36.584-07:00"All-Day Breakfast" Giveaway Contest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Three ADB-related trivia questions posed over the next ten days. Only direct-message answers to A.L. Schroeder's Facebook will be accepted! Correct answers for each question placed in a draw, winner will receive a free copy of All-Day Breakfast direct from Douglas & McIntyre. You don't have to have read the book to play, just guess!<br />
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Question #1 (answers due by noon PST, Saturday, April 4): <br /> <em>After losing a pinkie, Peter compares himself to which three-fingers-and-a-thumb superhero?</em><br />
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Visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500</a> and give your answer in a direct message.<br />
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(That ol' bull is D&M's blessed logo!)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-75341641682221332942015-03-30T09:27:00.000-07:002015-03-30T09:27:09.484-07:00SunFM Penticton Interview<br />
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Fun-time interview with Alysha Williams: "Local author/professor, Adam Lewis Schroeder stopped by this afternoon to talk sentient zombies, bacon, school field trips and of course, <em>Thriller</em>." <br />
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"Local professor" hints that I'm doddering, bearded and absent-minded, which is correct.<br />
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(The SmoQue Shack, Ottawa. Jill Dodd photo.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-22353876241356334172015-03-26T10:26:00.002-07:002015-03-26T10:26:11.957-07:00North By Northwest Podcast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was right chuffed to be a guest on CBC Radio's North By Northwest the other day. Listen here!<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/podcast/2015/03/22/hannalora-leavitt-discusses-her-upcomingmemoir/">http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/podcast/2015/03/22/hannalora-leavitt-discusses-her-upcomingmemoir/</a><br />
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After the interview, Sheryl MacKay actually, fittingly, played "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor, so here's that too:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAA2rGxblLU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAA2rGxblLU</a><br />
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(Cowichan Bay BC, mere days after the interview & on the lam from Indiana authorities.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-86932145098585708912015-03-18T14:00:00.002-07:002015-03-18T14:00:14.505-07:00Heaped in with heavy-hitter titles for Georgia Straight spring book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.straight.com/life/413996/seasons-reads-range-zombies-raptors">http://www.straight.com/life/413996/seasons-reads-range-zombies-raptors</a><br />
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(Bulk Barn, Penticton BC)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-52582258385756651822015-03-13T10:35:00.004-07:002015-03-13T10:35:32.668-07:00Toronto Star Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Gross, hilarious, bacon-y pleasure."<br />
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/03/12/all-day-breakfast-by-adam-lewis-schroeder-review.html">http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/03/12/all-day-breakfast-by-adam-lewis-schroeder-review.html</a>Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-55403158641235440882015-03-11T10:35:00.003-07:002015-03-11T10:35:33.125-07:00Smile .. WOW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More killer signage from Taryn Gunter. Can't figure why this makes me so cheerful.<br />
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(W. Pender & Homer, Vancouver BC.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-72603259685335440182015-03-05T08:18:00.001-08:002015-03-05T08:18:11.558-08:00National Post review<br />
All-Day Breakfast "makes detached limbs and coagulated purple blood downright charming." <br />
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<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/05/adam-lewis-schroeder-all-day-breakfast-review/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/05/adam-lewis-schroeder-all-day-breakfast-review/</a>Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-306422282105547602015-02-24T14:21:00.003-08:002015-03-30T09:28:51.069-07:00Awning Sighting!Great friend of the program Taryn Gunter writes: "The Cambie Cafe has been closed for over a year. There's a frozen yogurt place and Running Room next door, but no more all-day bacon and eggs at Cambie and 7th."<br />
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This blog's response: "What the shit?"<br />
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Contributions of All-Day Breakfast photos always welcome! Most easily posted at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Lewis-Schroeder-author/19806273500</a>,<br />
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(Cambie St. & W. 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-23652556766029900862015-02-20T10:29:00.007-08:002015-02-20T10:29:59.335-08:00Follow the Fellow Who Follows the Sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Online journal <em>Forget</em> has been awfully good to me over the years, and after a seven-year hiatus they're celebrating their 14th anniversary with a freshly-made raft of material. I was happy to supply a short piece that I feel is lovely. And wet. It's lovely if you like things wet.<br />
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<a href="http://forgetmagazine.com/150214b.htm">http://forgetmagazine.com/150214b.htm</a><br />
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(Brentwood College, Mill Bay BC.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-58711571677743037842015-02-19T17:17:00.004-08:002015-02-19T17:19:12.916-08:00Every Word in the Following URL is Correct<a href="http://blogs.theprovince.com/2015/02/19/b-c-writer-adam-lewis-schroeder-diagnosed-with-brain-tumour-while-writing-zombie-novel/">http://blogs.theprovince.com/2015/02/19/b-c-writer-adam-lewis-schroeder-diagnosed-with-brain-tumour-while-writing-zombie-novel/</a><br />
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Many thanks to <em>Province </em>reporter Peter Darbyshire--the full impact of my mom's shovel-prowess is an eye-opener even to me.<br />
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A wonderful & rollicking interview on the <em>Can't Lit</em> podcast, recorded down in Vancouver less than 24 hours before the Seahawks barfed up their last play. Hence my expression; I just knew.<br />
<a href="http://cantlit.ca/post/111339429513/011-cant-lit-adam-lewis-Schroeder">http://cantlit.ca/post/111339429513/011-cant-lit-adam-lewis-Schroeder</a><br />
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Listeners of, say, <em>This American Life </em>may find the episode's pace more conversational than they're used to, so grab a cocktail and relax for once. When was the last time you did?<br />
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(Pictured: Daniel & Dina with me in the middle.)Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-5665752883706869222015-02-18T12:04:00.000-08:002015-02-24T13:40:45.946-08:00Spring 2015 BC Tour Schedule<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a nutshell: Vancouver Island & the Okanagan in a single week in March, Vancouver in May.<br />
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<strong>Vernon. Monday, March 16</strong>Vertigo Voices<br />
Doors open at 7, Reading at 7:30 pm<br />
Gallery Vertigo<br />
Suite 1, 3001 – 31 St., Vernon<br />
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<strong>Penticton. Tuesday, March 17 </strong>Hooked on Books<br />
7:30 pm<br />
225 Main St., Penticton<br />
For more information contact Hooked on Books: 778-476-5621<br />
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<strong>Kelowna. Wednesday, March 18 </strong>The Bohemian Café <br />
7:30 pm<br />
524 Bernard Ave., Kelowna<br />
For more information contact Mosaic Books: 250-763-4418<br />
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<strong>Victoria. Saturday, March 21 </strong><br />
Russell Books<br />
2:00 pm<br />
734 Fort St., Victoria<br />
For more information contact Russell Books: 250-361-4447<br />
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<strong>Duncan. Sunday, March 22 </strong><br />
The Old Firehouse Wine & Cocktail Bar <br />
2:00 pm<br />
40 Ingram St., Duncan<br />
For more information contact Volume One Bookstore: 250-748-1533<br />
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<strong> </strong><strong>Vancouver. Wednesday, </strong><strong>May 6 </strong><br />
InCite: An Exploration of Books & Ideas<br />
Doors open at 7, Reading at 7:30 pm<br />
Central Library, Alice MacKay Room, 350 West Georgia, Vancouver<br />
For more information and to register: <a href="http://writersfest.bc.ca/events/incite_may6">http://writersfest.bc.ca/events/incite_may6</a><br />
<br />Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-40006380229971914712015-02-13T10:36:00.002-08:002015-02-13T10:51:48.306-08:00All-Day Breakfast book trailer is new, beautifulThe first entry on this blog posted a link to a now-2.5-year-old book trailer for <em>All-Day Breakfast</em>, and I think I've finally located its raw footage so I can chop that one up so it's shorter and shows the correct publication date. <br />
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IN THE MEANTIME I've made an entirely new one, with the help of a shiny new Blue Yeti microphone, an eerie sun over Surrey BC, and an actual Union Pacific rail car in New Westminster! I totally made BC look like the bleak Midwest! Is the bleak Midwest sometimes not in focus? <br />
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The clip's backbone is the middle minute of Rick Maddocks' song "Nobody Nowhere," from The Beige's album <em>01</em>. He is a nice guy to let me use it. I'm remiss not to have included his plain-beautiful singing, heard on almost of every song of The Beige's <em>01 </em>and <em>El Angel Exterminador</em>, The Lost Gospel Ensemble's <em>The Meal </em>and Sun Belt's <em>Cabalcor</em>.<br />
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The ninja footage is entirely relevant to the novel.Adam Lewis Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16767113404382486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909370837275086493.post-2216512892162674902015-02-06T15:42:00.003-08:002015-02-10T22:04:09.119-08:00All-Day Breakfast Q&A, Including True-Life Gross Coincidences <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How did <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All-Day Breakfast</i> get started? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’d written half of a historical novel set here in Penticton,
and it was going well until I accidentally steered myself onto another path. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always read a lot of comic books so I
took one of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Walking Dead</i> collections
out of the library, a while before the show came out. My wife was talking about
a fictional character she loved, a massive American ex-MP named Jack Reacher,
and all of his traits like wearing clothes for three days then throwing them
away, only ever eating the same meal which involved a haystack of bacon, and
how he wandered the country kicking ass in the name of homegrown justice. So
thanks to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Walking Dead</i> in my
hands we spit-balled how Reacher might get along as a zombie—cross-country
missions, kicking ass even while his limbs dropped off, craving bacon instead
of brains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have many wonky
conversations like that but this particular hodgepodge had momentum. Plus I’d have
to eat heaps of bacon as, you know, research, so in the name of non-stop good
times<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> All-Day Breakfast</i> jumped the
line in front of the historical piece. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you feel this
novel’s good times right from the start?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I guess not. It takes a turn about page 20, but initially it’s
sad. For such a possibly-cartoonish concept to feel halfways genuine I had to populate
it from own experience, so right off the bat Peter wasn’t an unencumbered ex-MP,
but a teacher and father of two who was unfortunately really grieving. I’d just
lost my dad, grandpa and father-in-law and was about to lose my stepdad, and I
really loved them all, so I guess it was a combination of what I wanted to
write with what I needed to write—Peter just arrived in that state, there’d
been no plan for it. At least he gets to be sarcastic from the first page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you worked were
you heartened to see the rising popularity of zombies—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Walking Dead</i> TV series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">World
War Z</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies</i>?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I assumed that tide would subside long before I finished,
but happily it still seems to going strong. While I wrote I steered clear of reading
or watching any new zombie stuff so that my guys could strictly be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i> zombies, without anyone else’s ideas inadvertently
shuffling through. So I only learned yesterday, three years after the fact,
that there’s a 2012 first-person zombie novel written by another Canadian author,
Corey Redekop, though outside of that one conceit it doesn’t sound like there’s
overlap. But his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">name</i> made me jump, because
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gary</i> Redekop is my neurosurgeon!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You consulted a
neurosurgeon for the novel? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not deliberately. During substantive edits, after the years
of writing were finished, my legs swelled and I had dizzy spells, and in March
2014, right before starting copy edits, I was diagnosed with Cushing’s Syndrome,
which meant I had a benign tumour on my pituitary gland, right in the bottom of
the brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small tumour can be pulled
out your nose but mine was nearly the size of a Rubik’s Cube, a “massive
macroadenoma,” so it had to come out the side of my head at VGH in Vancouver—Dr.
Gary Redekop did an amazing job. And I’d written a similar, far less-precise brain
procedure near the end of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All-Day
Breakfast</i>, so that made two creepy parallels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Near the middle of the book there’s a lengthy misadventure
involving Peter’s poor jaw, and when I first went into hospital they found I’d somehow
broken mine—I have no idea how, though I realized I’d been eating only soup for
the previous three days. I got to have true-life experiences based on a novel,
rather than the other way around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you still eat
heaps of bacon?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not nearly as much, though if <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All-Day Breakfast</i> has one message it’s to eat as much as you possibly
can while you have the chance.</span> </div>
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