While writing the Phillip Gold mysteries is my main focus,
I have also enjoyed several forays into writing other types
of fiction. For example, as part of the 2007
Three-Day-Novel Contest, I wrote a novella entitled
Shirtless Joe, of which I am very proud. This
time, I channel famed Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock in
telling the story of a young newspaper reporter from the
big city who accepts a job at a tiny privately-owned daily
in a quaint Northern-Ontario town.
You can also read the first section of another novel I've
been working on under the interim title
Washington. This is the story of a left-wing
Canadian journalist who must deal with the psychological
fall-out of having saved the life of the ultra-conservative
American president.
I find writing short stories an extremely difficult thing.
Several friends of mine — including Rickie Pattenden,
Morella Menon and Wendy Stuart — are superb at this art
form and I envy them their skill. I plan to ask them if
they'd be interested in having some of their work posted
here as well. In the meantime, I'll soon be posting some of
my own short stories for your reading pleasure.
Please follow the links to the left to enjoy samples of
some of the novels and short stories I've written. I'm
still working on getting more of my creative writing
published so if anyone out there is an agent or publisher
with an interest in helping me achieve this goal, please
contact me at mark.walma@gmail.com.
