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Category Archives: pointless things of wonderfulness
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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A Little Wisdom…
Sometimes everyone needs the odd quote or two to put things back into some kind of perspective… I haven’t shared any for a while but found myself needing a little inspiration stuck as I am in the doldrums of a … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, amediting, amreading, amwriting, books, humour, pointless things of wonderfulness, quotes, writes, writing
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A cast of several:Frankie and Karma…
For reasons… I’ve been playing around with character cameos for Instagram… Which admittedly is partly procrastination. As I am making them anyway, I’ve decided you, dear readers, may enjoy seeing them, with a little background on the characters featured. The … Continue reading
Posted in a cast of several, amreading, amwriting, books, fantasy, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing
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A cast of several: Mr Albert Gothe
For reasons… I’ve been playing around with character cameos… Those reasons are not, for once, procrastination… While they were not made for the blog I thought I may as well post them here as well with a little background on … Continue reading
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Truth in fiction
Good fiction, good science fiction in particular, explores truth. In the case of good science fiction it often explores an uncomfortable truth by taking a concept and building upon it an extreme example of where that truth might lead. Really … Continue reading
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The BIG question…
It’s been an odd year so far… It’s hard to put a finger on why, but it has definitely been a little odd… You may have noticed this as well… Among other things I have found myself asking big important … Continue reading
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A Tantalising Titillation of Tantamount
Introduction by Mark Todays Indieapril post is an exert from the truly wonderful ‘Tales from Tantamount’ the fictional (we assume and hope in many ways) record of the town of Tantamount By Meredith Debonnaire. This exert is from the original … Continue reading
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