Category: Writing
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My Story Road Map
Hello and welcome back! I hope you all had a great holiday season! Mine was less productive than I had originally hoped, but between attending two comic conventions to sell Gas Giant Gambit, and embracing the extra family time with my wife Jessie, I don’t regret a second of it!…
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Writing Journey: 2025 in Review
It’s the week of Christmas, and let’s face it, one of the most chaotic times of the year–second, perhaps, only to next week, in the limbo that is the time between Christmas and the New Year. All that is to say, I very likely will be taking next week off,…
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The 5 Year Plan
With 2025 drawing to a close, I thought I would share with you my five year writing career plan, and in doing so, commit it to the world so it’s no longer just something in my head I say I’m going to do. The Status Quo The current status quo…
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The Freudian Trio
Before I get into the meat of this topic, I have some exciting news to share! Both RARE: A Dark Anthology of Unusual Secrets (featuring my sci-fi/noir short story “The Stuff Legends are Made Of”) and Gas Giant Gambit were submitted to the American Writing Awards by Alex Parker Publishing;…
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Short Story News Roundup
Got some news on a few upcoming short story publication dates! “Mortem Moratus” First up, my 2,000 word short horror story “Mortem Moratus” is scheduled to be published by Exquisite Death in their December 2025 issue. This story was originally written for the 2024 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge. This…
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Second Book Blues
I know I’m not the only author to feel this, but since Gas Giant Gambit came out last month and I’ve been neck deep in the first draft of my second novel, Shallow Trenches/Open Skies, something has felt off. It’s a difficult-to-name feeling. I only know that it seems like…
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Where Did the Idea Come From?: Shallow Trenches/Open Skies
I often struggle with coming up with blog topics, so I’m constantly on the hunt for interesting ideas. This week’s comes from a suggestion I found on Goodreads: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? The path to the idea that sparked Shallow Trenches/Open Skies is…
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My (Round-About) Path to Publishing
With Gas Giant Gambit officially out in the world, and with big news pending on that front, I feel that it’s a good time to talk about how this all happened in the first place. I think it’s important to stress that there is no “right way” to get your…
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Guest Takeover: Blazing the Space-Western Frontier with E.S. Raye
This week’s blog comes to you from the Alex Parker Publishing website, we’re I’m in the middle of something of a takeover this Gas Giant Gambit release week! # Hi! I’m E.S. Raye, and my debut novel, Gas Giant Gambit: A Tall Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift, came out on…
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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…
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