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Good News (Hopefully)
Do you ever get those days where you find it hard to do the things you know you have to do? I’ll be honest. I’m having one of those days right now, and the thing I’m struggling to do is write this blog. I couldn’t find a topic idea I liked, and it’s later in…
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Preview: Gas Giant Gambit – Chapter 1
With the holidays quickly approaching, and hopefully the pre-order of Gas Giant Gambit going live shortly thereafter, I thought this might be a good time to give any readers I may have something of a gift: The first chapter of Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift! Here, you’ll meet Gus (before…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Gus
When I set to writing my upcoming space-western, Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift, I knew I wanted to subvert as many tropes as I possibly could. I love westerns, but the vast majority of them stick to the common tropes without much deviation and I wanted to have as much…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Las Ráfagas
For the past few years, I have been working on what will be my debut novel, a space-western titled Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift. The idea was to craft a classic “Old West” story and drop it into a suitably “sci-fi” world. I am confident that the end result is…
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The Offspring Garden
This week I’m going to do things a little differently. Rather than blather on about a subject, I’m going to share a short story that I’m quite proud of, but can’t seem to get published anywhere else. This story was written for the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest back in January of this year (2023).…
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Successes
As hard as they may hit, rejections are a dime a dozen. The thing that comes far less often, and should be recognized and celebrated no matter how big or small it may be, is success! As someone new to writing and submitting fiction, I have yet to experience a whole lot of success. I…
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Rejections
Rejection. It’s something every writer must learn how to handle if they want to be published. But that doesn’t make it any easier, especially for those of us who have not yet gotten that all-important acceptance letter. I’ve not been at this game for very long yet. I only sent out my first short story…
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