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Category Archives: depression
Linkin Park, the Thieves’ Guild and why I was so angry in 2007
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, book reviews, books, depression, editing, fiction, goodreads, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, mental-health, music, novels, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, linkin park, mentalhealth, music, reading, reads, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Quotes for 2020 #51
Its been a little while… And the world is a little strange right now which has contributed in part to it being a while… But it seems time for another quote, one from a master of the odd, strange and … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, amwriting, depression, dystopia, fiction, humanrights, indie, indiewriter, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, writing
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Quotes for 2020 #34
An on going series of a quote a day from those most worthy of individuals, writers… Disclaimer not all quotes are meant to inspire… Not all comments I make upon them are entirely honest either, occasionally Hannibal writes them… Today’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, books, depression, goodreads, insomnia, opinion, quotes, Uncategorized, writes, writing
Tagged 2020quotes, enviroment, humanity, opinion, quotes, sciencefiction
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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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The Indie Christmas List…
Christmas is coming, the annual festival of shiny barbarism and excess, and in theory at least good will and giving. Surprising as I doubt you find it, one of my favourite gifts to give or receive at Christmas are books. … Continue reading
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Down Days… And uplifting words
I have on occasion written posts about my occasional struggles with depression. I don’t do this very often, but when I do they tend to be very personal and hard to write. Why I write them is because it is … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, depression, goodnews, goodreads, humour, indie, indiewriter, Uncategorized
Tagged bookblog, bookreview, books, depression, indie, mentalhealth
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From whence I write…
The place I write from is not a happy place. This was a lesson learn the hard way, but a lesson learned hard, is a lesson learned well. But all the same it is a bitter kind of lesson. Writing … Continue reading
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To be brave is to fear…
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration ~ Frank Herbert That little quote from Dune is one of my favourites, and I have on occasion repeated to myself when I faced … Continue reading
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Jianna’s fight…
Way back in 2015 a couple of months after I published my first novel I received a message on facebook out of the blue and completely unsolicited asking me if I would be happy to receive an award as ‘Book … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, death, healthcare, jianna'sfight, life, opinion, rants, wordpress
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