Literary CV

Books

Information on my books is provided on this page.


Nonfiction

“Druids Reconstructed,” Clarkesworld MagazineIssue 87, December 2013.

Common Plants of Greater Vancouver (5th edition), Kwantlen Polytechnic University, September 2013.

“The Cave of the Crystal Maiden,” Travel Thru History, October 2012.

“Writers of the Future: Creativity, Compromise & Naked Hobbit Feet”, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, December 2009 (Vol. VI: #12).

“Keeper of the Swords,” Kwantlen Writers’ Guild Journal, Issue 2, April 2009.

“Genocide and Graffiti:  Remembering Cambodia’s War Torn Past,” Travel Thru History, November 2008.

“The Astounding Temples and Trees of Angkor,” Travel Thru History, May 2008

“Hiking Hallasan in the Snow,” Travel Thru History, March 2008.


Long Fiction

“Evolution’s End,” L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Writers of the Future, Vol. 22, Galaxy Press, August 2006.


Short Fiction

“Broken” & “Gravitational Waltz”, Eclectica Magazine, Issue 8, January 2010.

“Water”, “Bartleby’s Return” & “Meeting in the Aisle”, Eclectica Magazine, Issue 7, December 2009.

“Soulseeker,” Kwantlen Writers’ Guild Journal, Issue 2, April 2009.

“Communications Delay,” Dark Worlds, Issue 3, March 2009.

“A Fungal Friend,” The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008 anthology, Every Day Publishing, November 2008.

“City Complaints,” “Animal for a Day” & “Planetary Survey,” Flashshot, August/September 2008.

“Karma Score,” AlienSkin Magazine, August/September 2008.

“Second Opinion,” Every Day Fiction, June 2008.

“Periodic Trouble of the Elements,” “The Race” & “Tales of the Telephone Pole,”Flashshot, May/June 2008.

“Field Trip,” “Gaia Stirs” & “Planetary Disturbance,” Flashshot, February 2008.

“The End,” “Mercy Killing” & “Parallel Pete,” Flashshot, early 2007.

“Tricky Taxonomy,” AlienSkin Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 2006/January 2007.

“Nucleus” & “The Silence Booth,” Flashshot: Year Four, September 2006.

“Verdana,” AlienSkin Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5, April/May 2006.

“Gods at Play,” Gryphonwood, Vol. 2, Issue 2, January 2006.  (Also placed first in The Dark Library‘s online writing contest).

“The Planets I Have Visited,” Planet Magazine, No. 41, March 2004.

“The Bureau of Future History,” Anotherealm, Vol. 6, No. 3, August 2003.

“Next,” AlienSkin Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 11, August 2003.

“The Solution,” Aphelion, Vol. 7, Issue 71, June 2003.

“A Great Man,” The Any Dream Will Do Review , Issue 4, Summer 2003.

“Eyes of the Snow Leopard,” Surrey School District student anthology Breakthrough VI, 1995.

“The Hunt,” Surrey Public Library’s Collection of Winning Entries – Young Adult Summer Writing Contest, 1994.

“Kasha,” Surrey School District student anthology Breakthrough IV, 1993, and the White Rock/Surrey Writers’ Club The Wordsmith, May 1993.

“The Journey,” Surrey School District student anthology Breakthrough III, 1992.

“Avar’s Quest,” Surrey School District student anthology Breakthrough II , 1991.


Poetry

“Family Tree” & “Before the Gloaming,” Cedar Bark Poets: Sustainability and Ecology, March 2015.

“Before the Gloaming,” NewMyths.com, March 2014.

“Ocean (On the Ferry),” Spotlight on the Arts, October 2013.

“To Kayak Is…,” Kayaking is Embodiment: Collected Poems of Embodied Souls, p. 18–19, July 2013.

“Forgotten Forest,” Pulp Mag, Fall 2012, Issue 3.

“Amoeba” & “Hraunfossar,” Pulp Mag, Spring 2012, Issue 1.

“Rain”, Leaf Press, July 2010.

“Family Tree,” Earth Vision nature writing contest (2nd place), October 2009.

“Family Tree,” Kwantlen Writers’ Guild Journal, Issue 2, April 2009.

“Venus,” “Penticton,” & “Softshell,” Every Day Poets, March/April 2009.

“Thirst,” Spotlight on the Arts, November 2008.

“I Would Like,” SHINE (Stand Up, Have Your Say, Insist on Your Rights, Now is the time, End the Stigma) June 2001, and the Community Connection (White Rock/South Surrey Canadian Mental Health Association) 2000.


Photography

Common Plants of Greater Vancouver (5th edition), Kwantlen Polytechnic University, September 2013.

Wild Berries of Ontario, Lone Pine, May 2012.

Wild Berries of Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba, Lone Pine, January 2012.

Wild Berries of British Columbia, Lone Pine, May 2011.

“Fading Firs,” Earth Matters Exhibit, Surrey Art Gallery, January 2009.


Awards and Honours

2009    Second place, Earth Vision nature writing contest

2009    First place – poetry, Kwantlen Writers’ Guild creative writing contest

2009    First place – fiction, Kwantlen Writers’ Guild creative writing contest

2009    Second place – nonfiction, Kwantlen Writers’ Guild creative writing contest

2005    Awarded second prize in fiction, Writers of the Future

2003    Awarded first place in The Dark Library online writing contest

2002    Semi-finalist in Writers of the Future contest

2000    Honourable mention, twenty-four hour writing contest

1995    Awarded grand prize, Earl Marriott writing contest

1995    Finalist in international writing contest

1994    Awarded first place, Young Adult Summer Writing Contest

1994    Awarded grand prize, Earl Marriott writing contest

1993    Awarded first place, Surrey School District writing contest

1993    Awarded grand prize, Earl Marriott writing contest

1992    Awarded first place, Earl Marriott writing contest

1991    Awarded first place, Surrey School District writing contest


Presentations and Readings

2014    Poetry in the Garden (poetry reading), UBC Botanical Garden (Sep. 14)

2014    Featured presenter (poetry), Southern Gulf Islands Art Council, Summer Art Show, Mayne Island.

2012    Copresenter, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development: A New Option.  Kwantlen Symposium on Engaged Learning.  Surrey, BC.

2007    Panelist at VCON 32, Vancouver’s science fiction convention

2007    Sponsored workshop student for Writers’ Union of Canada AGM

2007    Reading from “Remembrance:  A Family Love Story ” at Kwantlen University

2006    Panelist at VCON 31, Vancouver’s science fiction convention

2006    Judge for Kwantlen Writers’ Guild writing contest

2006    Book signing tour for Writers of the Future (San Diego and Vancouver)

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