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C.J. Frederick "Where is the TV remote?" It never seems to be exactly where I left it. And each time I sit down to watch some TV, a cloud of pillows and accusations …more"Where is the TV remote?" It never seems to be exactly where I left it. And each time I sit down to watch some TV, a cloud of pillows and accusations are thrown about the room. :-)(less)
C.J. Frederick A couple of things got me started.
First, it was April/2020 and I was locked down with the rest of the world and looking for activities to free my min…more
A couple of things got me started.
First, it was April/2020 and I was locked down with the rest of the world and looking for activities to free my mind while I was stuck at home. I began researching a little newspaper story that came out years earlier about a tree being dedicated to the memory of a WWI soldier. Because my own grandfather was a WWI veteran, I've always had a cosmic connection to that era and have wondered what life was like for people during that time. I first intended this to be a short story for a CBC contest, but the more I uncovered and the more information I accrued, I realized it was far too complex for a short story. I work by day as a business writer and I've had a goal of compsoing a novel, so I seized my opportunity and stuck with it through the peaks and valleys of the writing process. And here we are! (less)
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LONGLISTED!

A short story I wrote, and the very first contest I ever entered, has been longlisted in the gritLIT short story contest. Here's the...
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"I was given this book as a Christmas gift, and while my enthusiasm for Picoult books has waned exponentially in the past few years, I still thought this might be a good read on which to end 2021. I was wrong. This was probably one of my least favorit" Read more of this review »
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This is a fascinating historical book about the now-vanished piano manufacturing industry in Ontario, Canada. Did you know that, only a few decades ago, nearly every small town and large city in Ontario made pianos? Countries around the world coveted ...more
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"Once again, here I am, an outlier. Most of my friends here enjoyed it, but I did not.

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"A very brave tale of a young aspiring hockey player who was involved in a road accident and suffered dehabilitating injuries that leave him unable to play to the same level again. A nice account of everything he went through and lessons to be learned" Read more of this review »
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