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NaNoWriMo : planning for the annual writing fest
Its that most wonderful time of the year No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingscifi, amwritingsteampunk, nanowrimo, nanowrimo2020, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtips
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Pirates of Harvey 9
Avast M’hearties Pirate Day be a’coming. So batten down y’hatches. Splice the main sails. Steer with the wind, and damn y’eyes, for that callow cove Captain Duckman will keel haul the lot of y’ if y’nay pay him some mind… … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, blogging, book reviews, books, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pirateday, pirates, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, harveyduckman, indie, indiebooks, indienovels, indiereads, indiewriter, international pirate day, newbooks, newreads, pirateday, pirates, reading, reads
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Pirates of Harvey 7
Avast M’hearties Pirate Day be a’coming. So batten down y’hatches. Splice the main sails. Steer with the wind, and damn y’eyes, for that callow cove Captain Duckman will keel haul the lot of y’ if y’nay pay him some mind… … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, blogging, book reviews, books, fantasy, fiction, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pirateday, pirates, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, Uncategorized, writes, writing
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The Complexity of a review…
A little over six years now I had a odd dream, woke up in a cold sweat, scribbled some rather idiosyncratic notes, and then tried fleetingly to get back to sleep. After an hour of staring at the ceiling, as … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, blogging, book reviews, books, cider lane, editing, fiction, goodreads, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, nanowrimo, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, self-publishing, writes, writing
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Strange connections
No Science Fiction writer ever changed the world… Or… perhaps they did, as a wonder through some strange connections on the internet will tell you… Star Trek: Voyager was not the best Star Trek franchise show ever, and was struggling … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, blogging, humour, IndieApril, opinion, politics, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged #scifi, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, humour, politics, reads, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, strange connections, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtips
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The Care and Feeding of Authors while Practising Social Distancing.
Indie April Guest post: The Care and Feeding of Authors while Practising Social Distancing. (or How to support your favourite Creators during the Dark Times.) By Karen J Carlisle “Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon, we must all face … Continue reading
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The somewhat belated cover reveal…
Okay this is not as such a cover reveal, because that something you do when you have a new book in the offing. This isn’t a new book, indeed it was the fist full novel I wrote way back in … Continue reading
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Quotes for 2020 #4
As its not just a new year, but a whole new decade. I thought among all the other things I do here I would do a daily series of quotes from my favourite authors. Just for the hell of it… … Continue reading
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The point of no return…
There comes a point, once your fully committed to something, that you just have to see it through. The point from which there is no coming back. Your figurative Rubicon – once crossed – you have no choice but to … Continue reading
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