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Hope, Fear, & the Future
I know, I know. Last week I got a little political, and I don’t usually do that here. But I’ve got some bad news; I’m going to do it again–but only a little. And as I have been reminded lately, if “reading is political” (which it surely is), then writing is too. The thing I
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Election Day Jitters
I finished Nathan Ballingrud’s The Strange this weekend and was all set to write a review of it today. But today is also Election Day in the US, and for the life of me, I cannot drag my brain away from it. As a dual citizen of the US and Canada, I sent in my
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My Next Project: Sci-Fi Set During The Great War
I’m currently working on one horror feature film screenplay we want to shoot next spring/summer. I’ve got another my production company is shopping around for funding, but it needs major rewrites. I’m also working on a horror adaptation web series we hope to start shooting in January. And finally, I’ve signed a contract for my
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Book Review: The Stardust Grail
Warning: Here there be SPOILERS! It’s been a minute since I’ve done a book review on my blog, and I just happened to finish The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei over the weekend, so why not! I’ll start by saying I had not heard of Kitasei’s first novel The Deep Sky, nor had I heard
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Gas Giant Gambit Deal Announcement!
It’s official and I can talk about it! Gas Giant Gambit has been picked up by the indie press Alex Parker Publishing! This is the same publishing company that accepted my very first published short story (a horror titled “SSID” which can be found and read for free on their website, here), and accepted my
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Writing Updates
As you may or may not have noticed, I failed to post a blog last week, and I am a bit more than a day late this week. There is a very good reason for that. But before we get to that, since it’s the beginning of a new month, and there’s been a lot
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Publishing News: Gas Giant Gambit
This week’s blog is going to be short because I have BIG BIG news, but very few actual details I can share! I have signed a book contract with an independent publishing company for Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift! Unfortunately, I’ve been asked to keep this as vague as that
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Perseverance: What it Takes to Make it
This week I’m tackling a subject that, by all rights, I probably shouldn’t be. I mean, to be frank and fair, I have not “made it” in any real sense of the word yet. For those keeping score, I have had one short story published, another accepted into an anthology that will not be releasing
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Prose Writing vs Screenwriting: What’s the Difference?
Most people are familiar with prose (even if they aren’t familiar with the name), but screenplays aren’t general seen by the movie going audience. So, as someone interested in writing one, the other, or both, the differences can be a little mystifying at first. But, as a writer that has found himself experiencing the earliest
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My Writing Space
Welcome! This week I thought I’d draw from the well of “blog topics for authors” lists found in Google, and write a topic I’ve been wanting to use: “Share a picture of your writing space and talk about some unique or special things you have within that space.” My office is still a work-in-progress of
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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 