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Today rounds out the last day of my personal little writer’s mini-workshop, on account of having three days in a row off from my regular, paying occupation. Everyone gave me incredibly great well-wishes of productivity, which makes me feel a little bad about having to report that, unless today is different, the productivity has been…
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“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” -Jules Renard When this quote showed up on my WordPress dashboard, I was instantly amused. Of course, the natural inclination is to edit it slightly to include almost all artistic endeavors, especially since I have been an artist my…
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As I was writing along in the first chapter of The Unknown Scourge yesterday, I realized something interesting. The story was originally conceived as a science fiction revolution type of story, heavily inspired by Final Fantasy VII, which I was playing heavily at the time I thought of the story. It was a tale about…
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I have so much work to do today, and my coffee maker isn’t even working. I promised myself I would never do this, but I think a keysmash is in order: dsfkhsdlfkhsdklfhsldkfhsdklfhklsdhflskdhfklsdfhskdlfhlsdkf. There. I feel better. And the coffee machine might be working now, too, at least I hope so, and that it will work…
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Though I don’t do so very often, I’m going to take today to do a wee little bit of ranting. Because, you know what? I judge a book by its cover. I know, I know, we hear it said that we should never judge a book by its cover, and, in quite a few instances,…
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“And she wondered, staring into the mirror at the woman she had become: How would her life had changed–how would the world’s life had changed–had she let Wayne fuck her brains out on the boat on the lake that day?” “Firestar” by Michael Flynn Reading a book that takes place in “the near future” is…
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“I walked home. Rome, my city, which had been until then a never-failing solace, lay before me like a woman, secretive and beautiful, demanding and rewarding, eternally seductive. For the first time in my life, I refused to be seduced.” “The Silver Pigs: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery” by Lindsey Davis Once I finally managed…
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