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Category Archives: sci-fi
Writing Female Characters
I have over the years read too many books with shocking badly written female characters in them. I suspect I am not alone. Indeed I can give you a list of far too many ‘great’ writers who write awful female … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, amwritingsteampunk, Canadian steampunk, characters, indie, indiebooks, indienovels, indiewriter, reading, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtip, writingtips
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Quotes for 2020 44#
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… You’d … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, Canadian steampunk, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, humour, pointless things of wonderfulness, quotes, reads, sci-fi, steampunk
Tagged #scifi, 2020quotes, quotes, sciencefiction, steampunk, writer, writers, writerslife, writing
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Quotes for 2020 #43
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… Many … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, amwriting, Canadian steampunk, Hannibal Smyth, humour, opinion, quotes, reads, sci-fi, steampunk
Tagged #scifi, Hannibal Smyth, reads, sciencefiction, steampunk, writing
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Quotes for 2020 #42
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, amwriting, fantasy, goodreads, humour, novels, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, quotes, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged #scifi, 2020quotes, amreading, amreadingscifi, quotes, reads, sciencefiction
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Making it pretty, and other vanities…
I really enjoy typesetting. There is something cathartic about it. For months I have been slaving away with first drafts, second drafts , third drafts , edits, redrafts, more edits, post editor editing, revisions… All fun stuff I assure you. … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amwriting, books, editing, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, insomnia, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, self-publishing, steampunk, writes, writing
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Quotes for 2020 #39
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… Tom … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 quotes, books, Esqwiths, fantasy, horror, humour, novels, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi
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The Dunwich Horror: TCL #57
Its been a while… Eons have past… Dark eons full of strange dreams… Well about six months at any rate, for all of which ‘The Dunwich Horror’ has been sat in my to blog list after I read it back … Continue reading
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