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Us, the Living

The Vornado makes repopulation a SNAP!A friend posited the following question:
In the event of massive population loss...in my case nearly 5.5 billion dead from alien attack...how do you approach the topic of mandatory re-population without tyrannical oppression? Can it be done WITHOUT tyrannical oppression? At the very least, would abortions become illegal...not from a moral standpoint but simply from a survival of the species point of view?
Yeah, an interesting question to consider.  Thi...

FREE One Day Only: The Heartbeat Thief by AJ Krafton

Spec fic author Ash Krafton released her debut New Adult novel in June…a Victorian dark fantasy True to its word, "The Heartbeat Thief" is part Jane Austen, part Edgar Allen Poe. The author revives the best of the style of writing found in the classics: the introspect of characters, lovely allusions comparing characters to nature and life, beautiful alliteration and prose. Mixed with this is a deep foreboding of death, a macabre sensation that follows Senza throughout the story…" Ronesa Aveel...

Michael Bolton Rocks!

If you haven’t seen this yet (and it’s been out for a bit) you need to check it out.

Be advised, some language, but hi-freaking-larious!

Enjoy!

Detroit Finally Gives in to the Inevitable

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me!I just came across this news article:
DETROIT, MI (WNEM) - The Satanic Temple Detroit Chapter is getting ready to unveil a controversial sculpture in Detroit.
A bronze Baphomet monument will be revealed on Saturday, July 25 at Berts Warehouse Entertainment.
The one ton, 9-foot tall monument reportedly pays homage to Satan.
The Satanic Temple said the statue is “intended to complement and contrast the Ten Commandments monument that already resides on Oklahoma...

Which One of You?

It's an honor just to be nominated . . .Alright, I’d like to know who is responsible for this:
Hello RA McCandless,
I am contacting you on behalf of the IBD Awards. We had recently received a nomination for your book, Tears of Heaven and have selected it as the Indie Book of the Day Award winner for 7th of July, 2015.
As a result, your book is currently featured on our homepage for the entire day today until 8-10 am US CDT the next day.
The book has also been added to our winners database (http:/...

Happy Fourth of July—2015

Everyone be safe!

How to Write Women

Definitely not a man.There are a lot of great articles out on the interwebs that can act as reference and guidance to writers. So many that this little blog of mine is quite easily (and somewhat justly) lost in the background noise.  Good and great authors are providing wisdom and advice to new writers at unprecedented levels.

A recent article Writing Women Characters as Human Beings really stuck with me though.  Not because it reflected a perfect, step-by-step-guide-with-picture...

Hell Becomes Her - Cover Reveal Coming Soon!

Welcome to the Dragon Show

Beware the dragons for you are crunchy
and taste good with ketchup!In every anthology there is something for everyone—some solid stories and real gems.  That is definitely the case with the diverse “Heroika 1: Dragon Eaters” edited by Janet Morris.  The stories, which all center on dragons, range from classic myths from England, Greece and Egypt to wide-eyed futures.
Most of the stories take a gritty, grimy approach to the business of dragons and dragon slaying.  Huge, mythical c...

Names, Naming and Namers

Behold, the Land of Clichea!Almost everywhere that’s anywhere was once inhabited by someone else. A lot of writers seem to have an issue with names and naming conventions.  This is why readers end up with a lot of rivers named the Great River and places called The Badlands and The Northern Wastes.
Let’s solve that today.  First, understand that unless your world is very, very young and your main races only just arrived, Hero Land has likely changed ownership a few times over the past...