Roderick T. Macdonald's Blog, page 3
April 29, 2025
Riffing on Writing as the Inescapable Self
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Last week I talked about trying to remove yourself, or at least your ego, from your writing, to embrace the other, to try to express viewpoints alien from your own. This week, I will entertain a rather different idea. That you cannot escape yourself: that everywhere you go, …
April 23, 2025
Riffing on Writing as an Empty House
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I did say I’d see you next week, but I didn’t say which day! I continue to be distracted by life. House selling is very consuming: you move out of your own home in advance, denude it of character so visitors can impress their personalities upon it, see …
April 15, 2025
Confession and Apology
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Strange time to disengage, the week after releasing your book, but that’s what I did. Missed a blog, and a bit more. I’ve been busy. Living life. Losing sleep. Working, and working when not working. There was some all-consuming play in there too. New Orleans is very diverting. …
March 31, 2025
#1, Baby!
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! The Gardener and The Goddess is live for purchase! Ebook, paperback, hardback – the choice, my friends, is yours. A quick note to say thank you thank you to everyone who bought my book, and have allowed me to be the #1 new release in Inspirational Spiritual Fiction! …
March 24, 2025
One week to publication!! (this is an exclamation Point heavy post – be Prepared.)
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! One week to publication! Thank you to all of you who have pre-ordered the kindle edition of my book, because The Gardener and The Goddess is currently the #1 new release in the Inspirational Spiritual Fiction section on Amazon! You can still pre-order here! And still available until …
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March 18, 2025
The Gardener and The Goddess: Pre-orders And Free Review Copies Available Today!
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Less than two weeks to go until The Gardener and The Goddess is released upon the World! Pre-order here! Don’t want to wait until March 31st? Well with the help of my friends at Booksprout you can claim a free copy now! Claim your free copy right here! …
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March 11, 2025
The Tinkering Insomniac Stumbles Forward
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I continue preparations for publication of The Gardener and The Goddess. Release date remains Monday March 31st 2025. I was just working to get the book set up for pre-order, and ended up fixing a sentence. Okay, two sentences. Such changes mean a new updated format file for …
March 4, 2025
The Killer and The Dead: The Jaded Apprentice’s Report
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Spoiler alert: what follows below is an additional apprentice’s report upon the story told by Stahl in The Killer and The Dead. There are seven already present at the end of the novel. Yep, I included commentaries on my story at the end of the story: I thought …
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March 2, 2025
Links for free Copies of The Killer and The dead, And other very cool Dark Fantasy Novels
Hello my Friends and the occasional relative! I have been remiss in promoting my use of BookSirens to try to get more reviews for my book The Killer and The Dead, so belatedly I am letting you guys know about the book being available for download courtesy of my friends over at BookSirens. If you …
February 25, 2025
Publication date for The Gardener and The Goddess
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I’m sorry I missed last’s weeks epistle. Very busy. I thought about posting an introduction to one of my new characters in the not at all fast fiction I am still working on starting, and then decided it just contained too much cool stuff I wasn’t ready to …
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