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Category Archives: dreamlands
Hopeless Joys
One of the best things being an indie author has brought to my life is I get to meet other indie and small press authors. This is not because they are all wonderfully creative giving people, (though as a rule … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, dreamlands, druidry, indie, indie novels, indie writers, novels, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural
Tagged amreading, art, books, graphic novels, hopeless, reads, steampunk, writerslife, writing
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Brief reviews of wonderfulness #1
I have been known on occasion to promise to write a review for fellow authors. I have some fair firm rules on these promises, in that I don’t write a review unless I genuinely like what I’m reviewing. If I … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, book reviews, books, dreamlands, druidry, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, pagan, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes
Tagged amreading, bookreview, books, fantasy, goodreads, hopeless, horror, reading, reads, reviews, steampunk fantasy
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The Elf king’s Thingy: Part 2
The Elf King’s Thingy: Part II Elsewhere, and earlier. Assil, King of the Fae bellowed with drunken anger and hurled his tankard across the throne room. His aim was off, which spoke much of how drunk he was, for the … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, dreamlands, fantasy, fiction, horror, humour, indie, indie writers, indiefriday, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, supernatural, the elf kings thingy, writes, writing
Tagged amreadinghorror, amreadingscifi, amwritingsteampunk, fantasy, fiction, newfiction, newreads, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, the elf kings thingy, writerslife, writing
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Writing the Lexicromicon
Over the course of the last four years I have somewhat inadvertently written a non-fiction book. This was a somewhat alarming thing to discover as it was never really my intention. I’m a writer of fiction god-damn-it. I don’t write … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, call of cthulhu, cthulhu, indie publishing, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, mythos, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Speculating on Emi…
There is nothing wrong with reading something that is predictable, trite, the average fare, boy meets girl, boy hates girl, girl hates boy, boy argues with girl over a foolish misunderstanding, boy goes and does something foolish, girl realises she … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, bookblog, bookcovers, bookreview, bookreviews, books, horror, humanity, humour, reading, reads, reviews, steampunk
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Ibid : TCL #58
Parody is an art form. The product of wit and witticism, portrayed with poe-faced sincerity. The true parody, while it often extends its subject matter from a simple premise out towards the increasingly ridiculous, does so with slow methodical steps … Continue reading
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Tagged cthulhu, horror, humour, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, necronomicon, Nyarlathotep, reading, reads
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