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What to Expect
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The Official Newsletter of Donovan Street Press Inc.
This is where I publish news about Donovan Street Press and anything related to writing and publishing such as reviews of books and films and so on. The content can be pretty wide ranging.
Re-Creative Podcast
Hosted by Yours Truly (Joe Mahoney) and Mark A. Rayner, Re-Creative is a podcast about creativity and the works that inspire it.
We talk to creative people from all walks of life, and learn from them what piece of art stokes their own imaginative fires.
Captain’s Away!
Captain’s Away! is a long form, weekly serial. I have now posted sixty chapters — an entire novel’s worth — including the exciting conclusion. I may post a sequel. We’ll see!
Here’s what it’s all about:
It’s one thousand years in the future. The Earth is a distant memory. And the Doucettes have seen better days.
It’s certainly not every day your space station is blown to bits beneath you in the opening volley of a senseless war. In the aftermath of this attack on their home, the Doucette family find themselves careening from one fantastic space adventure to another as their lives are upended in ways they can barely comprehend.
Technologist Yolande Doucette must fix the starship Beausoleil before its crew goes insane. Both Yolande and her husband Bertrand mourn their son, Alain, lost in the devastating attack. They pray that their seventeen-year old daughter, Marie-Josée, recovers from a mysterious illness while Marie-Josée herself, unaware that her body lies comatose, is forced to impersonate the captain of the Beausoleil. Meanwhile, the stuck-up daughter of the grieving emperor responsible for all this mayhem is kidnapped by a rude robot on a secret mission.
Hostile aliens, rebellious robots, murderous despots and more all stand in the Doucettes’ path as they try against all odds ta reunite as a family while doing their best to help Akkadia win the war. Will they succeed?
Read the exciting space adventure Captain’s Away! to find out!
Assorted Nonsense
This is where I put stuff that doesn’t seem to belong anywhere else, such as archival material, mini-essays and so on.
Fiction
Sometimes I’ll post a short story here. Well, I did once. :-)
Everything I post is free for six months. It goes behind a paywall after that. This is to benefit those who have chosen to become paid subscribers.
About Me:
Having subscribed, you probably already know who I am, but just in case, here are the highlights:
I run a small indie publishing company, Donovan Street Press Inc. It publishes books by me and other authors. It’s a supporting member of the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association (APMA). It’s early days but we’re having fun so far.
I worked full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for thirty-five years where I spent a decade making radio plays with CBC Radio, working with some of the finest actors, directors, and writers in Canada
In 2007, I left production to join the CBC management team. I was basically an Ops Manager of one sort or another for the rest of my career
In 2023, I retired from the CBC. Now I write as much as I can (when not looking after the house, making podcasts, and walking our Sheltie)
Over the years I’ve also worked as a story editor on multiple radio, television and film projects
My debut novel, A Time and a Place, was published on October 1st 2017 by Five Rivers Press.
My memoir, a behind-the-scenes glimpse of working at CBC Radio, Adventures in the Radio Trade, was published on August 1st 2023.
I’m a member of SF Canada, Canada’s National Association of Speculative Fiction Professionals, SFWA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, and the Writer’s Union of Canada.
That about sums it up. These days I live in Riverview, NB, with my wife, Lynda, our Sheltie, Wendy, and our Siberian Forest Cat, Lily.
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Where to find me elsewhere:
joemahoney.ca (website, info about my books, my old blog
re-creative.ca (a podcast I produce with my friend Mark A. Rayner where we talk to creative people about the creativity that inspires them, such as their favourite TV shows, movies, books, paintings, maps, songs, characters, and so on)
You can upgrade to a paid subscription to support my work, but you certainly don’t have to. If you do, one hundred percent of your contributions (well, the bit that doesn’t go to the folks at Substack, anyway) will go to Donovan Street Press Inc., where it will help fund projects such as publishing books and producing podcasts, etc.
Know that you can unsubscribe in one click. Though I’d be sorry to see you go.
In the meantime, thanks for joining me on this adventure! I’ll try to make it worth your while.
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