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First Lines: Snowman

“Snowman wakes before dawn.” First line from Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Prepping For The Last Mile

Maia and the Regency Protocol is near complete. The third book of The Lightbound Saga and my third full length novel, is ready. A few more days and then, out it goes. New illustrated covers for the series were in the works…Read more ›

Tap A Vein

PC: Kris Atomic via Unsplash.com “Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.” ~Derrick Jensen

First Lines: A Screaming

“A screaming comes across the sky.” First line from Gravity’s Rainbow  by Thomas Pynchon

The Beauty Of A Snowy Winter

This weekend, winter storm Jonas visited us. We collected 32 inches of snow and while the roads are looking clean (albeit with mountains of snow on all sides), our schools haven’t resumed yet. Which means, we are still on a…Read more ›

The Daily Routine Of An Independent Author

From Amazon KDP, a peek into indie authors’ daily routines. Interesting how authors weave their writing schedules around their daily life in pretty much the same way. My day is similar. Workday begins as soon as the kiddo leaves for school. 1000…Read more ›

Ninth Planet Lurking Out There?

Imagine a ninth planet lurking in the outer fringes of the solar system. Far, far away, beyond the orbit of Pluto. That’s what astronomers at the California Institute of Technology have announced in a paper published in the Astronomical Journal. No,…Read more ›

First Lines: A Fluffy, Feathery, Untidy Cockatoo Of A Man

“Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth,—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centered upon his own silly self.” First line from The Lost World   by Arthur Conan Doyle

Talk About Syzygy

Life is funny. Just the other day, I was talking about the word “syzygy.” My opinion on it– a pretty much useless word that I’d probably never use other than writing an article on it. A week passes and the…Read more ›

A Canyon Under Antarctica’s Ice?

Have you heard about this? Under Antarctica’s ice sheet, there’s a massive canyon system hiding, according to satellite data analyzed by a team of British scientists. As per current estimates, the canyon is 621 miles in length and about 0.6 miles…Read more ›