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Roxanne Bland

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Award-winning author Roxanne Bland grew up in Washington, D.C., where she discovered strange and wonderful new worlds through her local public library and bookstores. These and other life experiences have convinced her that reality is highly overrated. To escape, she writes fantasy, science fiction, romance, and a few other genres, sometimes all rolled into the same book. She was named IAOTP's Top Fantasy & Science Fiction Author of the Year for 2019. ...more

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Roxanne Bland I don't worry about it. For me, that just makes it worse. I just go on about my life, doing the things I'm supposed to do, and then, one day, I find m…moreI don't worry about it. For me, that just makes it worse. I just go on about my life, doing the things I'm supposed to do, and then, one day, I find myself writing again. (less)
Roxanne Bland Being able to daydream and not get into trouble for it.
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Hi, y'all!

I've been interviewed by Howard Lovy of the Alliance for Independent Authors. The show will go up on 6/2 sometime, I don't know when (it's pre-recorded). Have a chance, take a listen!

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“Reality is highly overrated.”
Roxanne Bland, The Underground

“Forget what they told you. You want the truth, follow the money.”
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“I've been a fugitive from reality since forever.”
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Making Connections: 5644. The Underground by Roxanne Bland 3 13 Dec 19, 2019 04:06PM  
Making Connections: 5645. Invasion by Roxanne Bland 5 18 Jan 04, 2020 02:21PM  
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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
Shel Silverstein

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
Toni Morrison, The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993

“Reality is highly overrated.”
Roxanne Bland, The Underground

“Forget what they told you. You want the truth, follow the money.”
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“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
Neil Gaiman

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