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EdiE Update
(My MCM Retro-Futuristic PC) Monday was a holiday, and I’m running late this week, so this one’s gonna be short, but with plenty of images! As I have mentioned before, I have build a custom PC (nothing fancy, it’s really just a glorified word processor and internet browser–which is why…
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Raye’s Rants: Demolishing Old Records
The most recent issue of my speculative fiction magazine Persied Prophecies just came out last week, and it’s filled to the brim with spooky tales for these darkening, crispy autumn days. So, in an effort to alert as many readers as I can to these wonderful authors, this week’s blog…
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The Word on the Street
No deep thoughts on writing, updates on projects, or dives into genres this week. Instead, today I only want to remind you that I will be at Toronto’s The World on the Street Book & Magazine Festival this weekend! I will be there, both days, all day, from 11:00 AM…
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What’s On My TBR?
Keeping it light this week because I’m extra busy with new projects and a regular hobby jumping into overtime. Add to that the fact that I just finished my first book of the year (yes, I know, I am way behind on my reading goal, and while I have broken…
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Artemis II & Science Fiction
As a life-long enthusiast of science fiction, science fact, and space exploration as a concept, I have always sort of (and perhaps naively) took it for granted that we would one day go back to the moon. It felt like an inevitability to me. Yet, now that it’s finally happening…
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Subgenre Defined: Space-Western
If there’s one constant in all my rantings and ravings about what I watch, what I read, and what I write, it is my love for a good genre mashup. And if I had to choose a favorite from among these niche subgenres, a good space-western would rank very high.…
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My Favorite Book Series: The Dark Tower
Last week, while discussing the books I already own that I’d like to get around to reading, I mentioned that high fantasy has never been one of my favorite genres. And while that is extremely true, it doesn’t mean I don’t like some fantasy. Case in point, my favorite book…
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5 Books I Own That I Need to Finally Read
They say buying books and reading books are different hobbies. If that’s true, then I indulge in both, and thus have a shelf full of books I fully intend to read. I even actually get around to reading some of them too. But, alas, there are still a number that…
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The Yips: How to Break a Reading Slump
As a speculative fiction author, I believe strongly that in order to be a great writer, you must be a great reader. And not just of your preferred genre. You must read wide and often, casting your net as broadly as you can. However, despite that belief, I find myself…
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Shallow Trenches/Open Skies: an Introduction
I’ve spent a great deal of time introducing readers to the world of my space-western Gas Giant Gambit, and rightfully so; it’s my debut novel and I spent a lot of time crafting its characters, settings, and themes. But now I’m working on a follow up, and I think it’s…
