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I don't like Amazon. I especially don't like buying books from Amazon.
It's probably not necessary for me to tell you why I don't like Amazon; you've heard it before. In fact, it's not improbable that you feel the same way.
When I started a small press last year, I wondered whether it would financiall Read more of this blog post »

The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear by Stuart Stevens

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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This was pretty good but I think it was written at least a few months and possibly several years before it should have been. True, to some extent it satirizes Donald Trump, but it was written befor Read more of this blog post »

DURING WINTER I THOUGHT OF MY FATHER will be filmed in Vancouver this month.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

I really liked the message from the director and I want them to succeed!

"This film is about how war propaganda erodes compassion. I set the story during the 19th-century Crimean War to Read more of this blog post »

My short story Aëlyn’s Song is available in English the 15th of February.

Aëlyn’s Song explores the cost of power, the burden of destiny, and the fragile stories that bind worlds together — where every thread in the web matters, and even the gods may not escape fate.

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Hello, dear readers,

How are you? How is your February going so far? I’ve started this year with a new idea—which I’ll tell you about in a minute—and all this time I’ve been working on a new project.

But first, I want to share something. After I finished Hot Chocolate, I realized how much I missed

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Life's unbroken circle sometimes forms a broken heart framed in memories.

Winter weather kept me inside with time to write the third chapter of a love story available free to subscribers of my author newsletter. In "Hearts in Harmony", I borrowed a verse from the last Valentine given to me by the lov Read more of this blog post »

My latest author interview is up on Action Pulp! Thank you to Adam Messer for interviewing me!

I talk about my past and upcoming works, the St. Lawrence Writers’ Festival, and of course, gnomes.

Read it here:
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What's happenin' eveeryone?!Apparently I have a small following. That's actually super exciting! My new book Origins: The Beginning comes out on Feb 13th on KDP and is available now for order on my

A lot of my story ideas don’t start at my desk. They start earlier, usually in dreams.

Not full plots or neat outlines. More often it’s a feeling, an image, or a moment where something familiar suddenly feels wrong. Those pieces tend to linger after I wake up, long enough that I start asking question Read more of this blog post »

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Stop running, take a deep breath, think.

Wetamed animals on the land, the lions, the tigers,

Eventhe elephants, the largest of them.

Tamedanimals in the waters, the whales, the sharks,

Thefiercest of them, kings of their world!

Eventhe animals in the skies, the flying ones.

Trillionsof bacteria t

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The 1977 Vrancea Earthquake

On the evening of March 4th, 1977, Romania was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake. It lasted fifty-five seconds and caused widespread damage across the country, especially in Bucharest. This devastating natural disaster forms a pivotal moment in the story, forever changi Read more of this blog post »

A case of eyestrain means this month's newsletter is a little late, but I am delighted to say that the first chapter of the subscriber-exclusive The Coldest Knight is here! Juste and Madam Sanai's story takes place during the events of books 2 and 3, so have no fear of any spoilers. This is our firs Read more of this blog post »

If you came into the world as an aspiring country and western music artist named Alvis Edgar Owens Jr., you’d “Buck” up too. How many music icons can you name who were self-taught musicians with a ninth grade education? Not many I’ll wager but create a distinctive sound that plays from the Grand Ole Read more of this blog post »

என்னுடைய இந்த வார BLOG ...

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படித்து , பகிர்ந்து, கருத்துக்களை பகிரவும் !!

Ghouls.AAAAHHHH! I mean. Uhhhh, yes! It is time for the monthly update from the book crypt!I am fresh off last weekend's snowmaggedon, aka Winter Storm Fern, which hit me and most of the East and Southeast of the U.S. with bitter cold and a ton of snow. Like, a ton of snow. And so much … Continue re

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Over and Over: Becoming (Book 1) is my very first published book on Kindle.
I’ve been writing since I was 10 years old, mostly fanfictions of anime characters. Back in high school and college, I also loved writing about vampires. When I started working, I even wrote a period romcom, though I eventual Read more of this blog post »

3 years in the making, my collection of short stories and poetry is out now!

Around the Dark Corner is a collection of short fiction and poetry that I have written since 2016 up til now (that's a decade of storytelling!) A lot of these works were written when I was a member of the Amino community, B Read more of this blog post »

Altro tema del mio romanzo "Appuntamenti con il Destino" è la Ricerca dell'identità.
Manuel, il protagonista, intraprende un viaggio non solo fisico, alla scoperta delle radici familiari, ma anche esistenziale, in cui si confronta con il suo passato e la propria identità.
La storia mette in e Read more of this blog post »

(c) 2023 Barbie. Directed by Greta Gerwig.

I’m currently reading Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron and I’m about 17% into it. It’s set in a funeral home where the main character Meka and her family lives. While I’ve just begun the book, it has already creeped me out where Meka (through narration) i

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Sevdiklerime ve öğrencilerime hakkım helâldir. O da beni seven gerçek öğrencilerime. Onun dışında hakkımı gasp eden kimseler benden helâllik istemesin. Zira çok mübarek bir insan değilim. Olur ya, mizanda aleyhime bir durum oluşursa, hakkımı yiyenlerden sevapları varsa alır, yoksa onlara günahlarımı Read more of this blog post »

Un altro mese è passato! Abbiamo quindi una nuova recensione per la rubrica 'I libri preferiti di Manu' 

Iniziamo!

COVER:

TRAMA: 

Da quando un incidente d’auto si è portato via i genitori, Ponyboy, 14 anni, vive in equilibro instabile con i fratelli maggiori Darrel e Sodapop, con l’ombra

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Here’re some more pics/video from SLOP FIGHTER. Up top is a real good go at battle flow, having straightened out much of the semantic graphing, finally. There are still some weird grammatical errors, but I am sure once I dig into those I will find it is the LLM making them.

The PVP screens:

So like yo

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PRAYER GUIDE FOR DAY 20 OF 40 DAYS OF SEEING THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

 

Special Note: Please intensify your prayers from now on, and stay very very focused. And keep to the times of prayers, following and doing fully every guide and instructions. Your Testimonies are very sure.

 

Theme of our pray

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I stand at a table in the Cape Girardeau airport, staring at a form I can’t seem to fill out correctly. The departure date line mocks me. I write something down. Wrong. They slide me a new form. I start again.

Alissa glides through security ahead of me. Shoes still on. Bag zipped. Boarding pass in ha

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Hard work may help startups survive the early days, but it is not enough to guarantee long-term success. This article explains why sustainability requires more than hustle and how systems, strategy, and structure determine which startups truly last.

Though hardly a dry January, life was relatively quiet as we recovered from Victor’s visit and the Christmas festivities. Marsha returned to Norwich, I took down the Christmas decorations and Hannah and I continued work on the picture research for In the 80s, the follow up to my In the Sixties and I

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The world doesn't change, but the lens through which we view it does. Which side are you looking through?
I keep asking myself: What do I want to be in life?

Until you ask this question—truly ask it—your life will continue to be like a boring, dull train journey. Wonderful, interesting things come up

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Xian Zhang, Seattle Symphony’s new music director, conducts during a Seattle Symphony rehearsal in September. Next up, Zhang will lead the Symphony in “Iris Unveiled” Feb. 12-15. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times, 2025)

For my latest story in The Seattle Times, I spoke with Xian Zhang about this w

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MOVIE TITLE: Send Help

This dark comedy horror is now playing in theaters.

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 53 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: B+

IN A NUTSHELL:

Send Help is a tense, emotionally charged survival thriller about two coworkers who crash-land on a remote island after a private jet goes down

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Salutations, my delightfully surreptitious friends. Thank you for stepping into my little world of words and contemplation. Be most welcome.

I have so many new projects in flight for 2026. Top of mind is finishing the manuscript for my new book of poetry – hopefully in the next three to six months. A

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