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Outlining: Back to the Board
I had a phone meeting with my director/producer over the weekend. Got some questions answered and received some much needed guidance. All that means that I’m back to working on the horror feature I can’t talk too much about. But what I can talk about is one of my favorite topics: my outlining process. If…
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Perseid Prophecies Issue 2: Summer 2024
On Monday of this week, July 1st, the second issue of Perseid Prophecies was released. I’m especially excited about this issue as it features Perseid‘s very first original short stories submitted by authors. If you’re not familiar with Perseid Prophecies, allow me to give you a bit of an introduction. I love short stories, especially…
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Rejection Goal: 50/100
As some of my regular readers may know, I’ve set a goal for myself to hit 100 story rejections before the end of the year. This goal isn’t to simply send out garbage to get those rejections, but is an attempt to accept that a certain amount of success in this effort comes from the…
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3 Weird Facts About Me!
When I talk about myself here, I usually stick close to my life and experiences as a writer, so I thought it might be a good idea to pull the curtain back a little and let you in on some of the weirder aspects of E.S. Raye… 1. I Have Dual U.S. & Canadian Citizenship…
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Book Review: Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada’s Greatest Spy
I really want to like nonfiction. I’ve started reading 3 nonfiction books over the last 6 months or so, and I have only finished one. This one. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada’s Greatest Spy by Jason Bell. And so, I feel it is my duty to take what little platform I…
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
Today, we’re going to talk about a subject every writer faces from time to time: Writer’s Block. Everybody deals with it, and everybody’s got their own two cents to add to the discussion on how to overcome it. Here’s mine! I want to start by making a distinction. When I say “writer’s block” I’m not…
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Raye’s Rant: Tales of the Expanding Star Wars Universe
Okay, so maybe I’m coping out on the blog this week, but last week I wrote my first, real, Raye’s Rant for my magazine Perseid Prophecies, so can you blame me for wanting more people to read it? It’s a short rant about how, while I am enjoying the new, expanded Star Wars shows, I’m…
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The Art of Time Travel: How Sci-Fi Has Changed
Over the last year or so, I’ve found myself reading more classic science fiction than usual. Last year, I read Larry Niven’s Ringworld series for the first time. I just finished my first read-through of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama, and now I’m readying Clarke’s Childhood’s End, a favorite of mine from adolescence. While I loved each of…
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Cosmic Horror
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H.P. Lovecraft As a lifelong fan of science, specifically space, science fiction has always been an obvious choice for me as a reader. Couple that with the fact that both of my parents were…
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General Short Story News!
That’s right! Time for a news break! If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may recall a few weeks ago, I wrote about some “firsts” in my writing life; one of which was rewriting an old story from scratch. To briefly recap, I was asked to contribute a story to an upcoming…
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