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Category Archives: politics
Cable Street Remembered
A former Tax official who’s millionaire wife avoids tax and his opponent ‘Pound-shop Thatcher’ are attempting to get the votes of a constituency of 0.2% of the British people. So they are both coming out with increasingly extreme right wing … Continue reading
Mandolins and the 0.2 percent
For complicated reasons, this is a bit of a rant. If you are offended by rants about politics, you may want to read other, more entertaining posts, like the last one I posted with fictional rules for tea duelling earlier … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, blogging, depression, humanrights, humour, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, rant
Tagged humour, mentalhealth, music, politics, rights
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Levelling down…
I don’t do political posts very often. There are a number of reason for this, one of which this is a writing blog, not a political activism blog. I write escapist fiction, there are other places you can go to … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, humanrights, politics, rant, rights
Tagged foodbanks, humanrights, politics, rants, reads, Trussell trust
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Nostradamus Poe
This blog is many things, most of them literary. Occasionally it touches on important subjects like depression, traction engine’s (though this is a new development and will probably be a passing phase), life in general, racism, sexism, other ism’s, and … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, big questions, horror, humour, indie, opinion, politics, reads, Uncategorized
Tagged amreading, classic reads, covid, politics, reads, writerslife, writing
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Never trust a politician with a beard, he’s hiding something
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 amreading, amwriting, big questions, books, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, rant, reads, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, beards, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, politics, reads, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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The value of the craft…
How do you value the results of your craft? It’s one of those questions that’s always hard to answer, and harder to answer as a writer than, to give a random example, as a carpenter. So how does a carpenter … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, politics, reads, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged bookblog, books, indie publishing, indiebooks, indiewriter, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtips
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Steampunk issues
Given current events I feel, rightly or wrongly, the need to have a conversation I have meant to have for a while. A conversation about Steampunk, a genre, subculture and in some cases lifestyle choice with which I have a … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, humanrights, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, politics, rant, reads, rights, steampunk, writes, writing
Tagged humanity, indiewriter, opinion, politics, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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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
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, fiction, goodreads, indie, indie novels, indie writers, novels, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, reads, rights, sci-fi, writing
Tagged #scifi, bookreview, books, indie publishing, indienovels, indiewriter, newreads, psycology, reads, reviews, sciencefiction
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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
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Tagged #scifi, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, humour, politics, reads, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, strange connections, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtips
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Arts and Capitalism and Self employment – a rant
Originally posted on Meredith Debonnaire:
I don’t usually do politics on here in a big way, but I don’t know how not to right now. Almost everyone in my immediate family works in the arts. My dad is a musician…
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Tagged humanity, politics, writerslife, writing
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