Stand Up & Succeed

Stand-Up Comedy..."It's not for the faint of heart." ~ Kevin Foxx."Leave your ego at the door." ~ Mike Dambra.These words of advice, though spoken to a room of young comics, might just as easily been spoken to the graduating class of Harvard Law School, to a National Olympic Team before the Opening Ceremonies, or at an intervention for a loved one with a serious drug problem.These words, which have been passed down through generations of stand-up comics, are just as relevant to the rest of the population, and "Stand Up & Succeed" lays it all out, and shows that we all tread the same path when we strive to succeed."'Stand Up & Succeed' is a great book because when you're feeling disillusioned, disappointed and dissed, you can turn to any page and not only get a 'ha ha' but an 'ah ha'!" ~ Judy Carter: author of The Comedy BibleWit, Wisdom & Insights from Working Comics. Long-Listed: 2017 Alberta Readers' Choice AwardFinalist: 2016 Baen Fantasy Adventure AwardA Winner: Kobo Writing Life's Jeffrey Archer Short Story ChallengeTwo Honourable Mentions: Writers of the Future Contest​Honourable Mention: Illustrators of the Future ContestWinner: The First Great Canadian Fable ContestTim Reynolds is a Canadian twistorian, bending and twisting history into fictional shapes for sheer entertainment. His humorous non-fiction column in SEARCH Magazine is just as entertaining, but is based strictly on his bizarre, event-filled life.His latest novel is "Waking Anastasia" from Tyche Books. It's a tale of death, laughter, and love...in that order, made the Long List for the Edmonton Public Library's Alberta Readers' Choice Award, was selected by Kobo for the 2018 Royal Wedding Weekend Promotion, and reached Number 1 on the Calgary Herald's Local Bestseller's List in July 2018.His debut novel, the urban fantasy, "The Broken Shield", was released on July 21, 2014 on Amazon as a digital book and has reached as high as #10 in Contemporary Fantasy on Amazon.ca. It became a available in print in early 2015. The Second Edition is now available.His published short stories can be found gathered together in "The Death of God and Other Stories", and range from lighthearted fantasy to turn-on-the-damned-lights-now horror, and include the story of a bus driver who kills all his passengers, Evil fashion advice, a tale of a dying folk singer's moments teaching Death a love song, and a dark, depressing view of the near future of reality TV and child-rearing.His 100-word story "Temper Temper" was a winner of Kobo Writing Life's Jeffrey Archer Short Story Challenge, and his short story "Tamarack and the Stone" was a finalist for the 2016 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, received an Honourable Mention in L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest, and is a featured story in issue #108 of On Spec Magazine. A full-length novel has begun based on the short story.Based in Calgary, Alberta, Tim grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and lived high up in the Canadian Rockies for eight years at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.He is currently working on a mystery series set in Seattle, and a rom-com set in Toronto.