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I’ve joined The Word on the Street’s Board of Directors
I’m happy to announce that I’ve joined the Board of Directors for The Word on the Street as of September 23, 2026. If you’re not familiar, The Word On The Street, or WotS, is a national celebration of reading, writing, and literacy. Each year, it hosts hundreds of author readings for visitors of all ages […]
I’ve pulled my indie book from Draft2Digital
On April 14, I received a mass email from Draft2Digital’s CEO Kris Austen. His message informed me that they are: Why would they do that? Well, as the email states, legit indies are being punished because of AI slop: Like many platforms, we’ve seen a significant increase in automated and low-quality account creation in recent […]
Chaos Calling wins 2025 Canadian Book Club Award
CANADA (February 11, 2026) — The Canadian Book Club Awards (CBCA), the country’s largest readers’ choice award, today announced that Chaos Calling: Book I of The Xenthian Cycle by E. M. Williams has won the award in the SCI-FI/Fantasy category for 2025. “This afternoon, I found out how it would feel to win gold for […]
What Writing on AO3 Taught Me: Golden route = Powerful premise
I’d be lying through my teeth if I told you that my decision to re-write Nintendo’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses (FE3H) as a novel-length, golden route, romantasy action story was fully intentional. Back in 2024, I hit a challenging roadblock in my work on The Xenthian Cycle and needed a break. Enter Into the Fishpond, […]
I’m on the New Growth Show!
Jess Joyce, one of the co-hosts for the New Growth Show podcast, invited me on to talk about indie author marketing and my creative journey. The episode aired on December 17, 2025, but I was in a holiday crunch mode so I’m late posting about it. You can also listen to the episode on Spotify. […]
I was a guest on CBC’s Cross-Country Checkup
Thanks to @cbcradiocanada for inviting me to be a guest on last Sunday’s episode of Cross-Country Checkup (which aired November 30, 2025). Show host Ian Hanomansing was away, so I spoke with Rebecca Sandbergen. Listen to Cross-Country Checkup’s transit episode. I’m the first interview at the 2:25 mark. The episode focused on a recent original investigative CBC report. They […]
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