After the May 30 Penticton Farmer’s Market, David and his wife Edna attended the Penticton Medieval Festival. There was a huge crowd in attendance and we had a lot of fun taking photos. See Post and Gallery

This is David’s first non-fiction book. Primarily based on first hand accounts, historical records, and some of his own conclusions, this book paints a picture of not only six generations of his family, but also the global events that shaped their world. Besides the individuals portrayed, historical events such as wars, confederation, the industrial revolution, pandemics, disasters, political figures and …

David receiving his proof copy of Sorceress, with the new cover art. This is the third printing of Sorceress, book #2 in David’s Chronicles of the Daemon Knights Fantasy Series. Because of ever increasing printing costs, the price was raised to $19.95. This is the first increase since the book was originally published. David created the artwork while in the …

This is a photo of David receiving his proof copy of Necromancer, book #6 in the Chronicles of the Daemon Knights fantasy series. Necromancer was released on August 17, 2024. Due to reader feedback at the first book signing for Necromancer, David learned that some copies of Halfling, Book #3, had been sold with a page missing. The missing (blank) …

This was a selfie Edna took at the market while David was making his Elf Wizard face. David liked it so much he decided to use it for the bio photo in his next book. Necromancer will be released in mid August, 2024. Life just seemed to keep getting in the way ever since the release of Prophet, so Necromancer …

David was signing books at Cherry Lane Mall during the 2023 Penticton Farmers Christmas Market. He had a great time talking with old friends and introducing new ones to his Fantasy Series. He was also letting everyone know the planned release date for Necromancer is July 2024.  

Back in the Philippines. In January, Dave and Edna visited Fort Santiago, Intramuros Manila.  This is a 16th century Spanish fort complete with dungeons, which we were able to walk through. See the short video below. This fort was also the site of a major battle between US and Japanese forces in 1945.  Some of the walls inside the fort …

In the Philippines, Dave and Edna visited Tagaytay in order to see the volcano Taal from the top of The Peoples Park. This was a Bucket List item for David. See David’s Video of Mystical Caves at Facebook

David, masked and social distancing, at the Penticton Saturday Morning Farmers Market.

David was busy getting Prophet finished and published. He painted the cover image and did three pencil drawings for the inside. See Full Story on my Wizards Blog

David at the Penticton Saturday Morning ARTS Market. This market runs from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, every Saturday morning in July and August.

David met Kim Coates at the Penticton Saturday morning market, where the actor took this selfie in front of David’s booth. They talked a bit about Kim’s role in Sons of Anarchy and his CBC Bad Blood series. To David, Kim seemed like a real down to earth nice guy, and not at all like the ‘gangster killer type’ he …

David attended the first annual Penticton Comic Convention, held Saturday, July 8th, at the Penticton Lakeside Resort Hotel. This was a fantastic sold out event.

David was awarded the 2016 Literary Award during the third annual Penticton And District Arts awards, held Thursday, February 18th, at the Shatford Centre. This was a wonderful night of food, wine, entertainment and of course, the awards. The Literary Award was sponsored by the Penticton Herald.

David visits KVR Middle School to talk with the grade 7 students about writing and publishing. Thanks to Yasmin John-Thorpe, and the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program, each student selected one of his books to take home with them.