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Reflecting on a Productive Year: Books and Awards

Thank you to everyone who has supported me through 2024 by buying my books, reviewing them, talking about them, or just following along. I appreciate every one of you. It has been an eventful year with the release of the third book in the Jake Scott Mystery Series, The Secret Truth, in September and My Limitless Life: Karen Meades, in December. I also released a journal as a companion to Just Keep Climbing. I’m not sure I will ever be that productive again, but I’ll be working on the next Jake Scott book with a release date of late 2025.

It has also been a year of presentations, awards, and podcast appearances. I enjoyed talking about my books and writing in front of book clubs and other audiences. Just Keep Climbing received a couple of awards and I had the opportunity to guest on a few podcasts. More are already booked for 2025.

I owe all of this to the readers who buy my books because without you I wouldn’t be doing this. While I enjoy writing, I receive extra motivation from all of you, so thank you for that. I hope you have the merriest of Christmases and that your 2025 is peaceful, joyful, and prosperous (which can be defined in many ways}.

See you in the new year!

Book Launch – My Limitless Life

For those in the Ottawa, Canada area, you’re invited to a launch of My Limitless Life at Carmelito Cafe on December 1 from 5 – 7 PM. My Limitless Life chronicles the story of Karen Meades, the third Canadian woman to conquer the 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series. An ultramarathon is 155 miles or 250 kilometers of running (slogging) in the world’s harshest conditions in a week and Karen will be on hand to tell her story and sign copies.

I’m proud to have written this book and even prouder to say it’s full of adventure, humor, drama, and most of all, inspiration.

If you can’t make it, pick up your copy at the link.  

Prestigious Awards for Just Keep Climbing

Just Keep Climbing recently climbed onto the Shortlist for non fiction in the Page Turner Awards. I’m a numbers guy, so I’ll tell you that there were initially over 2000 entries for the awards and the non fiction shortlist, of which Just keep Climbing was a part, was narrowed down to nine. Earlier in the year, the book was awarded Bronze in the Self Help Category by Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards. I’m very proud of both and grateful to the eight people who let me write about their challenges and how they faced them.

The Authors Show Interview

My interview on The Authors Show, in which we discuss my inspirational book Just Keep Climbing, is now live.

The interview is available on major podcast platforms like Spotify, Pandora, IHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and others.

Alternatively, you can just listen to it here.

Discussion on the inspirational Just Keep Climbing.

An Inspirational Person Indeed!

Elisa Magagna, one of the inspirational people featured in Just Keep Climbing. sent me a video recently after receiving a copy of the book. We have known each other through social media for a few years and I have followed her journey through Stage Four cancer. She has always amazed me with her positivity and resilience as she battles this horrible disease. I don’t think anyone could handle it better and Elisa was one of the first people I contacted when I decided to write the book. She doesn’t consider herself inspirational but check out her video and tell me what you think.