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Gas Giant Gambit Pre-Order
I’m a little early this week, and this entry is going to be short, but it’s because I have some big news! As I hastily write this blog to post as quickly as I can, it is Sunday, August 17th. Gas Giant Gambit comes out in one month, on September 16, 2025. And I just…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Tilly
Perhaps my favorite secondary character, like Delilah, isn’t really a character–although I would argue she’s more of a character than Delilah is: Gus’s steadfast and loyal mount, Tilly. Steeldust Class-A Transport 94517: Matilda In the world of Gas Giant Gambit, there are no “ships,” no “ports,” no “forward/aft” or “starboard/port.” Instead of the classic naval…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Delilah
Once this blog is posted, and I go to add it to the Gas Giant Gambit Master Blog List, I’m going to add Delilah to the “Characters” heading, but the truth is, she’s not really a character. She’s Gus’s ray-gun. But to me, she’s every bit as much a character as Moe, Ray, and even…
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Gas Giant Gambit: The Deiopeans
The mining outpost/town and main setting of Gas Giant Gambit, Las Ráfagas, floats within the atmosphere of a gas giant called Aeolus (for the classics nerds, Aeolus controlled the winds that blew Odysseus off course). Aeolus is the only planet in its system, orbiting the red giant Hippotes (the father of Aeolus), and it has…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Master Blog List
With Gas Giant Gambit only eight weeks from hitting shelve, I’ve decided to compile all my posts regarding it on one place–right here! I’m sure I’ll continue to blog about it as we get closer, including pre-order announcements and any appearances I may make, so I will keep this post updated and at the top…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Ray
When I’m figuring out my main characters, I like to fall back on one trope in particular: the Freudian Trio. Once you’re aware of this trope, you start to see it everywhere, but perhaps the best example of it is Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy. McCoy is the emotional id; Spock, the logical…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Kirkus Review
If you follow me on my various social media platforms, you may already be aware of today’s topic–but my book is coming out in ten weeks, and this counts as marketing, so you’ll just have to bear with me! On July 1st, I got an email from my publisher letting me know that we had…
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Fear(Hope)ful Summer
Perseid Prophecies Issue 7: Summer 2025 It’s the first of July, which means the summer issue of my speculative fiction magazine Perseid Prophecies is out (and a happy Canada Day for my fellow canuckleheads)! I’m really proud of this issue. We hit a record for most submissions ever, and I’ve decided to expand the magazine…
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Why I’m Publishing Gas Giant Gambit Traditionally
One of the things I dislike about the writing community is the negative discourse regarding trad vs self-publishing. We’re all writers, are we not? Of course, I can see where the soreness comes from on both sides, but I think it’s all noise, really. In my opinion, neither traditional nor self-publishing by themselves says much…
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Gas Giant Gambit: The Arm
About eighteen months ago, I shared a post about the main setting of Gas Giant Gambit: Las Ráfagas, the fuel mining outpost where all the action takes place. Now I want to pull back a bit, and introduce you to the larger world, in which Las Ráfagas is just an insignificant speck: the Arm. The…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Master Blog List
All news, sneak peeks, and behind-the-scene posts in one place!
E.S. Raye 