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The Astreya Trilogy

Chronicling the adventures of Astreya, the son of a mysterious father he never knew. In search of his strange inheritance, Astreya is deceived, betrayed and cheated, but he also finds love and makes loyal friends who help him achieve his destiny.

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The Laughing Princess

Much more fun than exploring museums or picturesque ruins, a small stone on a lonely beach offers them the chance to perform magic, match wits with elementals, steal hearts, go to war, write poetry, escape from a pirate, and sail The Laughing Princess.

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The Hippies Who Meant It

Beth, a 60's orphan flower-child, loves Joe, a wheeler-dealer from the Bronx, and Dick, a Canadian ex-cadet. They homestead together on Nova Scotia's North Mountain, among assorted counter-culture Americans and Canadians.

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We could do a lot worse than an NDP government with Mulcair in the driver’s seat.

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Seymour
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The leaders of Canadian national parties have altogether too much power over their parties.  In my opinion, they should be in parliament at the discretion of their caucus, not vice versa.  However, let’s work with what we’ve got, because sure … Continue reading →

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Beviamo! Mangiare! Buon divertimento!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Seymour
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A righteous curse on those fiendish little non-recyclable coffee pods and their expensive, cranky and thoroughly decadent coffee-making machines. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coffee, coffee pod machines, food and drink, Italy | Leave a reply

Should I make an audio version of my book?

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Seymour
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Reading (and recording) your novel is the best investment you can make in editing your work. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Audiobooks, recording your book | 3 Replies

Glenn Gould at 84

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Seymour
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In the bookends of his career, the first and last versions of Gould’s Goldberg Variations, Gould gave us a fresh insight into Bach’s music that is brilliant, analytic, intellectual. But in the end, Gould’s humming is the only live, human element. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Bach, CBC, Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations, Music | 2 Replies

Two Boys on Opposite Sides of the War of 1812

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Seymour
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Brothers at War by Don Cummer, published by Scholastic. It is 1811 in Fort George, Upper Canada. Two twelve-year-old boys decide to be blood brothers for ever. The trouble is that one has been brought up to believe in God, … Continue reading →

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The Elopus in the Fishpond

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Seymour
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“Your Majesty. There’s an elopus in the palace fishpond, eating goldfish!”
“Goodness me,” said the Queen. “A chimera with the head of an elephant and the body of an octopus? Well, you know what to do.” Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christine Cholette, GISHWHES, Misha Collins, Science Fiction, Seymour Hamilton, The Greatest Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen, The Queen. | Leave a reply

The Setting of Historical Novels

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Seymour
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I wrote this piece at the request of Jess Wells, who published it first on Jun 19 2014 on her page at Red Room, http://redroom.com/member/jess-wells Elmore Leonard’s 9th rule of writing is, “Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.” … Continue reading →

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Story Behind The Astreya Trilogy

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Seymour
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In the 1970s, when I lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, I sailed as mate on a traditional 50-foot wooden schooner, leaving early one summer day from the Bras d’Or lakes, near where Alexander Graham Bell tested his airplane, the Silver Dart. By evening, the ragged northern end of Cape Breton had disappeared over my starboard shoulder. Alone at the wheel, listening to the creaking, splashing, sighing sounds of sailing, I heard dolphins whistle, and when dawn came, I saw the sun rise on southern Newfoundland’s wall of cliffs that fall hundreds of feet into the sea. My skipper’s navigation was excellent: dead ahead was the flashing light of the navigation buoy we needed to guide us to a gap in the cliffs, less than a quarter mile wide. Continue reading →

Posted in The Astreya Trilogy | Tagged Astreya, Grey River, Nautical Fantasy, Newfoundland, On Writing, River of Stones, Schooners, Science Fiction, Seymour Hamilton | 9 Replies

On Writing at 73

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Seymour
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Today a questionnaire arrived in my email offering services to writers. Here’s how I replied:

Today is my 73rd birthday. The present that arrived from my publisher this morning was a quarterly royalty cheque — for $1.98. Economically speaking, my writing is more than a bust, it’s a major liability. However, in terms of personal satisfaction, writing has done me no end of good. Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Mathematics

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Seymour
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 Globe and Mail Dec. 03 2013. “Results from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that almost all provinces have seen large increases over the last decade in the percentage of 15-year-old students failing the math test.” Recently, Canadians … Continue reading →

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