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Dystopian Forrest’s and the Merrily Method
I’m not a great believer in self-help books… I always find them a suspicious offering. I suspect the only selves ever really helped are the ones selling the books. Which is ultimately the point of them, to make money. It … Continue reading
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Return of the Hopeless Kickstarter
Its no great secret to any regular reader that I have a certain love for the Island of Hopeless Maine. The fictional collaboration begun by of Nimue and Tom Brown. A collaboration that generously extends to others whom get to … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, druidry, fantasy, fiction, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, rites, sci-fi, steampunk
Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, books, hopeless, kickstarter, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writing
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A message from The Sanctimonious Order of the Willing Sacrifice
We, The Sanctimonious Order of the Willing Sacrifice, must regrettably start this annual meeting by apologising, but once again, for the tenth year running, we have failed to secure a year king. While there are of course be those who … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, druids, fantasy, fiction, newreads, pagan, reads, writer, writers
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The Other Elves…
Lord of the Rings, was perhaps the greatest mythological whitewashing job ever undertaken. The works of Old Grandpapa Tolkien drew heavily on Nordic, Germanic and to a lesser extent Celtic mythology, though it changed a great deal in doing so. … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, darkages, fantasy, indiebooks, reads
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Illuminating observations of the perils of an indiscreet life…
For reasons, that have never been explained to me, at Pudsey (the small town between Leeds and Bradford and somewhat merged into both these days), in the large park behind the swimming pool, just up past the aviary, this is, … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, childhood, druidry, druids, fantasy, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writers, writerslife, writing
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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
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Tagged amreading, art, books, graphic novels, hopeless, reads, steampunk, writerslife, writing
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The Elf King’s Thingy part 5
The Elf King’s Thingy Part V When the worlds were young slipping between them was more commonplace, they were closer then. Slipping between the lands of the fea and what those strange humans called the real world did not require … Continue reading
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Tagged amreadinghorror, amreadingscifi, fantasy, goodreads, horror, indiereads, newreads, reading, steampunk fantasy, urbanfantasy, 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
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Tagged amreading, bookreview, books, fantasy, goodreads, hopeless, horror, reading, reads, reviews, steampunk fantasy
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Indie Friday roundup
You have probably never heard of #IndieFriday . There could be many reasons for this, perhaps you don’t religiously venerate hashtags, for example, though that would seem to be a heresy within the church of the internet…. Perhaps while interested … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, druidry, fantasy, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiefriday, indiewriter, novels, pagan, reads, sci-fi, steampunk
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