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Beans Have Souls

A new adult literary novel, Beans of Anafi, is out today. This is vastly different from anything I’ve done before. It was also my NaNoWriMo ’21 project.

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Obscure Greek Gods

There are 360+ Greek deities, more if you remember that many of these have multiple names. The "popular" ones we know. What of the others?

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Review: Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend by Jacob Paul Patchen

Description (from Amazon.com) With America under attack from within, twelve-year-old James must fight his way to freedom while trying to hold onto his values and virtue. “We are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time… and it’s how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference…
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Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend by Jacob Paul Patchen

Description (from Amazon.com) With America under attack from within, twelve-year-old James must fight his way to freedom while trying to hold onto his values and virtue. “We are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time… and it’s how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference…
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A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter #12

In this issue: Beans of Anafi, Oodles of Sci-Fi, New Posts, An Indie Author Program Review Selection (a review).

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Review: The Anuvi Incident By James Vincett – A 2022 Indie Author Review Selection

Description • The Review • More About the Author Description (from Amazon.com) A harsh universe. Implacable alien foes. Mysterious and god-like ancient aliens. Humanity’s struggle for survival. The Anuvi Incident is classic science fiction action and adventure. Lieutenant Joshua McFinn of the Union Imperial Navy stumbles upon a conspiracy at the heart of the Fifth Fleet,…
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Avoiding Series Burnout

This post on avoiding series burnout is meant to be both something for other writers to consider and personally therapeutic.

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Review: The Siege by Linda Thackeray

Description (from Amazon.com) The desert winds brought the marshal to town. He rode out of the wilderness, his duster flapping like black wings, his hat concealing his face except for the scraggly growth across his chin. A pearl-handled Colt rested in the holster at his hip, and he seemed more shadow than man in his…
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Kindle Vella Thoughts

After completing my second serial on Amazon's platform, I have some Kindle Vella thoughts...mostly for writers.

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Review: Because That’s Where Your Heart Is (edited by Sam Agar)

Description (from Amazon.com) Because That’s Where Your Heart is a collection of short stories that are all about passion! The 16 selected writers share different perspectives on what really moves hearts and souls, with tales of love enduring, of desire, of longing, of losing and finding – stories that are full of wildness. With collaborations by Mike…
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