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Arinn Dembo

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Arinn Dembo is a multi-genre author living and working in Vancouver, BC. Although she has published fiction and poetry in a number of anthologies and magazines, she is best known for her work in the computer gaming industry.

Dembo has contributed world-building and background fiction to over a dozen PC games and is the creator of the Sword of the Stars universe, among others.

Her military science fiction novel, The Deacon's Tale, is set in the Sword of the Stars universe she created for Kerberos Productions and was published in 2011. Monsoon and Other Stories, a collection of short fiction and poetry, was published in 2012.

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Arinn Dembo Writer's block is no different from any other symptom of mental illness. Treat the illness, the block will go away--you'll either get back to writing,…moreWriter's block is no different from any other symptom of mental illness. Treat the illness, the block will go away--you'll either get back to writing, or you'll figure out why you don't want to write right now.(less)
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2013 - Stories as Spoken Word Art

The second half of 2012 was a catastrophically busy time, and the majority of 2013 looks to be equally busy. One of my resolutions for the coming year was to be more careful to make my leisure time count--when I don't have a lot of time to re-charge, I have to try and re-charge efficiently.

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“If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you need.”
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“Privilege: the belief that because a dog has been carefully trained not to bite YOUR ass, that is has no teeth.”
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“It was June in Maharashtra, and the monsoon would not come. The whole district lay panting in the heat, the burning sky clapped tight overhead like the lid of a tandoor oven. Lean goats stumbled down the narrow alleyways, udders hanging slack and dry beneath them; beggars cried for water in every village. Dust-devils swept over baked clay and through the dry weeds, whistling and shrieking. Hot sand blew into the eyes of torpid bullocks as they leaned into the yoke, whips snapping over their bony backs. A single stream crept along the valley floor, shrunken and muddy, and women stood ankle deep in its shallows, beating their laundry against rocks that rippled and danced in the sun.”
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