T.A. Miles





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T. A. Miles has no grasp of reality, no track of time, and no sense of direction; believes in patience, advocates tolerance, and encourages understanding; appreciates intellect, admires individuality, and loves imagination; devours music, studies humanity, and absorbs art; thrives on expression, sustains through creativity, and is inspired by the universe at every angle, dimension, and level.

T. A. Miles lives with a partner who supports endlessly, a father who encourages without fail, two hounds who share a lacking sense of time and direction, and a cat who shares nothing.


It's true.


What are we(my partner and I, aka Raventide Books) up to this time? Inciting anarchy...well, no, we're not. We've actually decided that rather than try to properly represent the publishing art within our respective DA accounts, we would attempt something more ordered(see, this cancels the anarchy notion) and came up with the plan to maintain a separate account altogether. So, this wil... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 13, 2013 14:43 • 35 views
Average rating: 4.07 · 57 ratings · 24 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
Blood Lilies
4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Raventide
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Dreamer: A Bit(e) of Discre...
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011
Six Celestial Swords
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Darkside (Children of Bhast...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Dreamer: All the Tea in Chi...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012
Dreamer: A Little Night Magic
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
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Blood Song Prologue (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 06, 2013 08:53am
Description: A preview from the sequel to Blood Lilies.
Vi's Roadside Manner (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated May 09, 2012 11:39am
Description: Something from a story in the midst of being told...standing impatiently in line with several others.
Fragments (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2012 02:25pm
Description: This is something from the archives. I consider it an outburst from a character. Inside information is required to understand exactly what I mean by that, but suffice it to say it was a method of exploration and expression for that individual.

T.A.'s Recent Updates

"My current project is a bit of a concept story. Aren't they all? I hear you asking, and maybe that's the point.Just to step into the light - so to speak - the concept I am trying to pull off is four short stories (approx. 5000 words each), each wi..." Read more of this blog post »
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The Red Men by Geoffrey  Harrison
The Red Men
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Originally shared at The Immarcescible Review

This was a very unique piece. The psychology is perhaps the most important aspect as it follows the internal struggle of George, who remains traumatized(though not cripplingly so) over a childhood accident...more
T.A. Miles rated a book 3 of 5 stars
A Departure by Tom   Ward
A Departure
by Tom Ward (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
Originally shared at The Immarcescible Review

This is pretty well written. It's almost really well written, but for some issues I had with overuse of metaphors and 'showing'. An example:

Her nails pressed into his skin and her eyelashes became thick an...more
T.A. Miles is finished with A Departure
A Departure
A Departure
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Orion by J. Thomas Beaton
" Click for larger image       “Truth, naked and cold, had been turned away from every door in the village. Her nakedness frightened people. When Parable found her she was huddled in a corner, shivering and hungry. Taking pity on her, Parable ga..." Read more of this blog post »
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“And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie.”
T.A. Miles, Raventide

“Anisette! You will eat your food, not demonstrate aerial warfare across the table with it.”
T.A. Miles, Raventide

“He’d never really given religion much thought himself. It was just there, one of the basic fundamentals of life and living; Heaven is generally good and one should aspire to end up there, and Hell is decidedly foul and one should generally direct their enemies there.”
T.A. Miles, Raventide

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”
Ezra Pound

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
Anton Chekhov

“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”
John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice

“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.”
Galileo Galilei

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