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Kevin Wallace is a Canadian author whose work blends strategy, creativity, and imagination.

From The Art of Chess, a character-driven guide to critical thinking, to Oceanic Wonders, a relaxing adult colouring experience.

10/16/2026

🔥 IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE TONIGHT, WOULD EVERYONE KNOW WHERE TO MEET?

A household emergency plan doesn't need to be complicated. It needs to be clear enough to use under pressure.

Choose a meeting place away from home. Write down an out-of-area contact. Keep essential medications, important documents, chargers and pet supplies ready in grab-and-go bags. Most importantly, talk through the plan with the people who depend on you.

After years in the fire service and FireSmart work, I know practical preparation matters most before an emergency begins. Protecting Your Home from Wildfire grew from that experience and a belief that homeowners deserve useful guidance.

Make the plan now. Follow official evacuation alerts and orders if an emergency occurs.

Explore the book at K. R. Wallace Books.

Make the plan. Explore Protecting Your Home from Wildfire.
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10/15/2026

🌊 FOR THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS STOPS TO WATCH THE TIDE.

You know the one. They linger at the shoreline, notice the shapes of shells and can watch the water for hours.

Oceanic Wonders: An Aquatic Adult Coloring Adventure by Callie Rose brings jellyfish, seahorses and the beauty of the underwater world to pages they can make their own. Add a bundle of coloured pencils and a handwritten note, and a simple present becomes wonderfully personal.

A small package. An ocean of possibilities.

Find a thoughtful gift for an ocean lover at K. R. Wallace Books.

Find a thoughtful gift for an ocean lover.
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10/14/2026

♟️ EVERY CHESS GAME TELLS A STORY.

One pawn move can change the next chapter. In these two original chess puzzle photographs, a pawn faces a choice—and then makes a diagonal capture. The position changes, and a new possibility begins.

Chess is a story told one move at a time. Discover The Art of Chess by K. R. Wallace: https://krwallacebooks.carrd.co/

Begin your next chapter with The Art of Chess.

10/13/2026

🎨 THE SOFTEST SOUND IN THE ROOM MIGHT BE A COLOURED PENCIL.

That faint scratch as colour meets paper. The turn of a page. The slow appearance of a jellyfish beneath your hand.

There is something wonderfully satisfying about a creative moment that doesn't need an audience, a deadline or a perfect result.

Oceanic Wonders: An Aquatic Adult Coloring Adventure by Callie Rose brings an underwater world to the page, ready for your own patient, playful touch.

Listen closely. Sometimes a quiet hobby says more than a thousand notifications.

Hear the quiet. Explore Oceanic Wonders: https://krwallacebooks.carrd.co/

10/12/2026

♞ THE KNIGHT'S SURPRISE MOVE

The knight is one of the most interesting pieces on the chessboard. Unlike other pieces, it moves in an L-shaped pattern—and it can even jump over pieces standing in its way!

Take a look at this photograph from my chess puzzle collection. Can you follow the arrow and recognize the knight's movement?

Learning chess doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes understanding just one move opens up a whole new world of possibilities.

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Follow the knight's move. Discover The Art of Chess.

10/09/2026

🔥 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND READ THIS BOOK TO START SEEING YOUR HOME DIFFERENTLY.

Put on your headphones. Press play. Then walk outside.

Look at the deck. The gutters. The vegetation beside the house. The places where dry material gathers unnoticed.

Protecting Your Home from Wildfire is also available as an audiobook, making it possible to learn while driving, working outside—or walking your own property. The book grew from real fire-service and FireSmart experience.

I’m making a limited number of complimentary Audible listening codes available. Comment WILDFIRE or send me a private message while codes remain.

Listen. Walk your property. See your home differently.

Request a complimentary audiobook code while they remain available.

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10/08/2026

🎨 SOME CONVERSATIONS ARE EASIER WHEN YOUR HANDS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

Put two people at a table. Scatter some pencils between them. Open an underwater page.

You colour a little. Talk a little. Compare choices. Laugh because one of you has somehow created an orange octopus with turquoise spots.

Oceanic Wonders can be a wonderfully simple shared activity—for a friend, a parent, a grandchild or someone you simply haven’t sat down with for a while.

Sometimes a colouring book isn’t only something to colour. Sometimes it’s an excuse to share the table.

Give someone an ocean—and some time together.
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10/07/2026

♟️ LOSING A CHESS PIECE CAN BE ONE OF THE BEST LESSONS YOU GET FOR FREE.

You move your queen. Your opponent smiles. And suddenly you see it: oh no.

Every chess player knows that feeling. But mistakes don’t have to be embarrassing. Ask why the move failed, what you missed and what you might notice next time.

The Art of Chess is about understanding the game well enough to learn from mistakes. Lose the rook. Blunder the queen. Laugh about it. Then set the pieces up again.

Make mistakes. Learn the board. Play again.
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10/06/2026

🌧️ WHEN THE OCTOBER RAIN CLOSES THE DOOR, OPEN AN OCEAN.

Rain against the window. A warm drink beside you. Grey sky outside. And on the table? An entire ocean waiting for colour.

Oceanic Wonders turns a cool autumn afternoon into a screen-free underwater escape—no notifications, no hurry, just pencils and an ocean slowly coming alive beneath your hands.

Let it rain. You’ve got an ocean to explore.

Bring the ocean indoors this autumn.
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10/02/2026

🔥 The worst time to start protecting your home from wildfire is when you can already see the smoke.

Wildfire preparedness isn't one dramatic action. It's a series of practical decisions made before the fire ever arrives.

Clear material that can ignite beside your home. Look at what's collecting in your gutters. Think about vegetation, decks, vents and the vulnerable places where wind-driven embers can find their way in.

Protecting Your Home from Wildfire was written from real fire-service and FireSmart experience to help homeowners understand where their risks are and turn preparedness into practical action.

The goal isn't fear. It's giving homeowners something they can do.

Start protecting your home before the smoke arrives.
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