My Books
I became an editor, proofreader, and copywriter because of my love for language and my 25 years as a journalist and editor, which allowed me to work with language professionals, editors, fellow journalists, authors, academics, and book publishers.
Good Speakers Gone Great
Unleash Your Voice’s Power!
Are you ready to conquer stage fright and boost your speaking skills? Discover the transformative strategies and inspiring success stories that will propel you to success in public speaking. Dive deep into the world of effective communication, including the power of body language, audience analysis, captivating storytelling, and masterful speechwriting. Whether you’re a seasoned speaker looking to refine your craft or a beginner just starting out, this book is your ultimate guide to becoming an influential communicator.
You’ll embark on a thrilling journey into the art of public speaking. This exhilarating adventure will uncover the keys to delivering mesmerizing presentations that engage and motivate your audience! Get ready as I guide you through the four parts of Good Speakers Gone Great, each section brimming with dynamic techniques to elevate your speaking prowess to new heights.
When it doesn't Snow in March
While riding my bikes, I conceived all the poems, prose, and stories in this book. Not all poems are about cycling. Life has a way of sorting itself out on a bike. These are poems, prose and stories written from 1972 to 2022. When we learn to write poetry and write prose, we gain a pleasure that will never pass. We will never let poetry go, nor will poetry let us go. It’s like breathing. In the end, poetry ends when we end.
But I’m not ending.
Richard’s bestselling poetry book reflects that the beginning of literature owes its origins to poetry. Later in life, I learned that literature through poetry was in me as I pedalled across 50 years. Cycling became sacred to me. Rarely did I let people in. I cycled in solitude. On the bike trails, I learned to live alone with myself, be with myself, and get to know myself, and I realized that the sound of rubber and wind brought me poetry.
In poetry, we take the beauty of life, the adventure of breathing, the joy and sadness of love, and we experience the older senses of the past, the older senses that belong as truth, for one cannot find lies in poetry. When it doesn’t snow in March? We ride. We write.
My Side Of The River
It’s an essential read for every Canadian, but most of all, for every prospective journalist who will cover even one Indigenous story in the future.
In the shadow of Mont-Royal, the Saint Lawrence River is the element that binds both the Mohawk and Canadian grounds together. Both sides, separated by the depth of water and history between them and yet these two opposing cultures are also forever linked by the stream of murky blue passing through.
My Side of the River (Kaniá:tara): A Non-Indigenous Perspective on Reporting in Indigenous Communities teaches one not to be afraid of the unknown, to embrace the differences and commit to reporting an accurate account of every tale.
After seven years as a journalist and editor covering the news from the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, he believes one has to walk in the streets to be able to tell the stories of the people that reside there.
Listening to Crickets
Have you listened to crickets? “Really” listened? Any cricket will tell you, “Stop believing in the self-help industry. Then you will be happy.”
This book asks four questions. First, why do we never finish reading our self-help books? Second, why do we turn to authors of self-help books in search of the illusive happy? Third, can you write a self-help book? And fourth, what top five self-help books would you recommend. Richard will give you his top five.
“There isn’t a self-help book out there that will help you, We must stop reading, and start doing.”
– Richard Tardif
Still In Denial
Still In Denial About Your Fitness?
In a world where obesity is gaining in children as fast as in the boomers and mid-lifers, Still in Denial is intended for anyone looking to embrace a healthier lifestyle for themselves and for their loved ones, by Investigative Journalist and Author Richard Tardif.
“In an effort to find out why he and millions were gaining weight, Richard put on his journalist’s hat and started investigating the reason of his weight gain, and decided to write,” said Alan Guillot, Podcaster.
Uncover 70 years of deceit and lies of food, fitness and health industry, backed by government influence and greed.
You will learn of…Reason 1: We’ve Been Conned by health media, science and research: Reason 2: The Calorie Deception! Calories in, Calories out is a myth: Reason 3: We Don’t Know Anything about nutrition, health or fitness: Reason 4: Business, Government, Media did more to harm than help, and Reason 5: The Media’s Perception on Obesity is one of intolerance. With sound research and investigative prowess. Journalist Richard Tardif brings us closer to the ultimate understanding of what is our true fitness.
Stop The Denial
In 2015, 55-year-old Richard Tardif was driving from Ottawa to Montreal when he received a phone call that would change his life. His doctor told him he didn’t have type 2 diabetes. The good news was short-lived. “You will get type 2 diabetes if you continue eating and living the way you do.” At 302 pounds, Richard pulled off to the side of the road, lowered the car’s window, and threw away his glucose meter and an uneaten apple fritter.
He didn’t return to the gym—not right away. Over the next year, Richard dropped 68 pounds by doing the opposite of what he had done in the past. No more cardio for weight loss. The end to counting calories. No diets. He embraced his true fitness when he denied the claimed benefits of exercising to lose weight. Thus began his journalistic investigation into the macabre world of the seedy money-grubbing fitness industry and its empty promises.
Stop the Denial: A Case for Embracing the Truth About Fitness is Richard’s unyielding story of why accepting the truth about the fitness industry saved his life and can save you. The former health reporter turned personal fitness trainer has maintained his weight and shares not only his story but the stories of others who have brought the fitness industry to its knees by exposing its lies, cons, and deceitfulness. Are you ready to stop the denial?
53 Weeks of my Quotes and your Quotes
Write your weekly inspirational quotes, March 20, 2022
We love inspirational quotes. I wrote one a week. Join me in writing a weekly quote. When you write your quote, make a note on the page why you wrote your quote. You will return to the passage one day and understand why you reported it. Enjoy.