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Defiant: The Break (Chapter 17, Scene 3)

Defiant is a serial novel. If you're new to it, you can click here to read the introduction or you can click on the Defiant tag to see the full list of entries. New entries go up every Friday. Don't forget to check out my new book, Mirror Project . If you want to read more about Clay, my first novel about him was Nothing is Right .


Chapter 17 is shaping up to be 3-4 times the length of any other single chapter. In the interest of my quality control...

Guest Post: The Sum of One

Today's guest post is by the person who runs Down Wit Dat, a DS advocacy page. I invited her to take the early week essay slot because this month is DS "awareness" month, and all of us in the Autistic community know (say it with me): Awareness is not enough. I think that as you read her post, you will find that our two communities have more in common than we realize. - Mike



I am an ally.

I am a nurse.

I am a parent.



It may sound a little odd starting out like this, but these are parts of w...

MIrror Project is free right now (10/20 & 10/21)

Go get yourself a copy and maybe leave me a nice review if you think it's good.



UPDATE: If I get to #1 in science fiction, then I will give away 25 signed copies of Nothing is Right. I only need to be there for 24 hours to trigger the giveaway, but I need to be there.

Mirror Project is #free on Sunday & Monday

This month, I not only managed to publish a new book, I also hit a couple of nice social media milestones: 150 likes on my Facebook page and 500 Twitter followers. To celebrate, I want to thank everyone who has helped to promote my book by letting you all nab a copy for free.



If you wind up liking what you see, I'd love to get some more reviews on there, so please consider leaving one. Also, like I said on my original release announcement, I could use people who blog their reviews, post them...

It's the Night of the Living Stim #LvngStm #FF

There are some absolutely fantastic bloggers getting together tonight to talk about, post about, and generally celebrate the act of stimming. Unfortunately, I'm a little busy and unable to finish an essay myself, but you should all take advantage of the lack of things to read from me by reading things from them. You can get a list of the participating bloggers here, or you can join in on the #LvngStm hashtag. GO NOW. DO IT.



Also, if you're finding this post on Friday, I'm sorry but Defiant i...

Coming of Age in the Shadow of "Rain Man"

I, Michael Scott Monje, Jr., am granting permission in advance for anyone who wishes to reproduce this essay in any format, including but not limited to reproducing the full text on another blog, printing it as a handout for workshops, resharing on Tumblr, or any other method of resharing it. The only restrictions I place on this permission are these: that you reproduce the entire text without edits, including this statement and that my byline be included with my full name. This is an unusual...

Defiant: Denial & Anger (Chapter 17, Scene 2)

Defiant is a serial novel. If you're new to it, you can click here to read the introduction or you can click on the Defiant tag to see the full list of entries. New entries go up every Friday. Don't forget to check out my new book, Mirror Project
. If you want to read more about Clay, my first novel about him was Nothing is Right
.


Chapter 17 is shaping up to be 3-4 times the length of any other single chapter. In the interest of my quality control over the...

You don't recognize me? (Excerpt from _Mirror Project_)

My new book, Mirror Project, is out now for Amazon's Kindle platform. If you don't own a Kindle, you can still read it via the Kindle app for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms. Here's a sample from the book. It's from the second chapter, when our protagonist is just waking up, and before she knows that she's an artificial intelligence:



“Who the fuck are you?” I asked.



The younger of the men said, “Lynn? You don't recognize me?”



I focused my gaze on him for a few seconds. Black hair....

Defiant: Surrender (Chapter 17, Scene 1)

Defiant is a serial novel. If you're new to it, you can click here to read the introduction or you can click on the Defiant tag to see the full list of entries. New entries go up every Friday. Don't forget to check out my new book, Mirror Project. If you want to read more about Clay, my first novel about him was Nothing is Right.



Chapter 17 is shaping up to be 3-4 times the length of any other single chapter. In the interest of my quality control over the...

Now Available: Mirror Project

My second novel--or is it my third? How are we counting Defiant? Anyway, my new book is out today. The early readers were impressed, and the mailing list gave me some great feedback about the sample chapter I made available to them. If you're interested in being in that group that gets the sample chapters in advance of the release, you can join by signing up for my mailing list. The signup form is right under the book covers in the right-hand column of this page.





This new book is my f...