Special Projects
Jon decided to spend Christmas at the Airport in December 2009. The extreme writing project saw him take up a 32-hour posting as Writer in Residence at Halifax Stanfield International Airport starting early in the morning of Friday, Dec. 18. Using the fictional character Dave as his avatar, he wove the real-time, real-life stories of travellers passing through into his short story.
You can read the final story here.
In the summer of 2009, Jon explored the backroads of Nova Scotia for the Chronicle-Herald in his 12-part Road Warrior series.
For tips on how to write and stay sane, check out this article for Metro in 2008.
To mark the 90th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion in December 2007, Jon wrote a short story set in the disaster. It was later turned into the novel Black Snow.
You can read about the process of writing here in an article writen for the Halifax Daily News in 2007.
Jon wrote Midsummer Murder, a serialized, choose-your-own-adventure novel over five weeks for the Daily News in the summer of 2007.