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December 17, 2019
The Objective Ranking of Star Wars Films
To mark the release of The Rise of Skywalker this week, I'm going to add to the probably thousands of lists of best Star Wars movies you've read lately with my own. Of course, mine is different, because my method of ranking is highly objective, using vigorous scientific and journalistic tests to break down exactly how good each film in the series is. (And by vigorous tests of course I mean I
December 4, 2019
Living the Dream (#IWSG December 2019)
December 4, 2049 After knocking twice, Ben let himself in. His father was getting up there in years, after all. He was afraid one of these days he was going to show up and find him dead on the toilet. "Dad, you dead?" he called out. The answer came shouted from upstairs. "Go away, I'm writing." "Dad, we're late for the kids' Christmas concert. They're waiting in the car." "That's today?"
November 6, 2019
Post Halloween Sugar Crash (#IWSG November 2019)
It's a week after Halloween. Does your house look like this yet? Mine doesn't, but only because my wife threatened to divorce me if I took the decorations up out of the basement before December 1st. Last week's Trick-Or-Treat-Reads was loads of fun. Thanks, Patricia Lynne for organizing once again! I got a lot more downloads than usual, so fingers crossed some people will actually read my
October 30, 2019
FREE BOOKS! (#Trick-or-Treat-Reads 2019)
It's Time! Spooks, Ghouls, Witches and Sexy Nurses are out in force! You know what that means? Free candy, and more importantly, FREE BOOKS! Below is a list of authors, participating in this year's Trick-or-Treat Book Blog Hop. Each of them will be giving away free books and stories, just like candy. All you have to do is click on the link to visit their sites. Pretty awesome and easy,
October 8, 2019
Stone Man by Charles Suddeth RELEASE DAY
I'm going to turn the blog over to the fine folks at Dancing Lemur Press today to tell you about a brand-new release you should check out: Driven to Stone Man’s trail... After U.S. soldiers attack twelve-year-old Tsatsi’s Cherokee village, his family flees to the Smokey Mountains. Facing storms, flood, and hunger, they’re forced to go where Stone Man, a monstrous giant, is rumored to live.
October 1, 2019
Read the Damn Book (#IWSG October 2019)
Warning: This Month's Optional Question inspired a bit of a rant. I apologise in advance. October Question It's been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does not read is that all your ideas are new and original. Everything you do is an extension of yourself, instead of a mixture of you and another author. On the other hand, how can you expect other people to want your writing,
September 3, 2019
Halloween Creep 2K19 (#IWSG September 2019)
Fall is in the air, kids are back to school. I'm not going to talk about stories I haven't finished yet, because it seems like every time I start talking about my progress it immediately stops. Nor will I complain about how I haven't written as much as I wanted to, because I've done enough whining. Let's take a pass this month, m'kay? TRICK OR TREAT READS! It's the most wonderful
August 6, 2019
Stranger Things Have Happened (#IWSG August 2019)
Summer rolls lazily on. I've been struggling with a lack of energy, the brief flurry of productivity I had the beginning of last month is long gone. I'm not sure if I'm depressed or just bored, but I've had so much trouble getting down to writing. My head is constantly swimming with ideas, but I can't get any of them down on paper. It's been busy sure, but I've written during busy periods
July 2, 2019
Serious Collector (Of Rejections) #IWSG July 2019
Me collecting rejection letters... Writing has been picking up the last month. I haven't made any progress on my main manuscript, because I've been focusing on submitting short stories to several anthologies and journals. I wrote and submitted one story last week at the very last possible minute to their deadline - it was very rushed and I probably should have given up, but the story is so
June 5, 2019
Gotta Catch'em All... except you don't have to, not really (#IWSG June 2019)
I'll keep today's post short. Last month I kinda went on a rant. Life was stressful and I was a bit freaked out. I threatened to quit writing altogether, which I know is not ever going to actually happen, unless I'm somehow struck blind and deaf and lose both my hands in some sort of freak accident. But it's hard sometimes. So the last month I have been writing, quietly, not making a big
