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Tony Laplume

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Tony Laplume was born in 1980, spent a few years in Rhode Island, but started making his mark in the world when his family relocated to Maine, where he attended every year of his schooling, including college at the University of Maine in Orono (except for a year at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA), where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in English. In high school, he created the comic strip "Newsroom" for the Academic Advocate, which published it from 1998-1999. He wrote a regular opinion column for UMaine's Maine Campus from 2002-2003. He co-founded and worked on the Hemlock literary journal from 2003-2004. In 2007, he co-created the short-lived literary journal Dead Letter Quarterly with A.C. Hall and Derek Koch. He also self-published The Cl ...more

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Tony Laplume I don't believe in writer's block. I believe if you're not writing you ought to be thinking and thinking and thinking about your story, and hopefully …moreI don't believe in writer's block. I believe if you're not writing you ought to be thinking and thinking and thinking about your story, and hopefully improving it.(less)
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Pale Moonlight: A Novel

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Sapo Saga

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The Whole Bloody Affair

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Monorama

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Miss Simon's Brute

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Yoshimi and the Shadow Clan

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60 Years of Star Trek

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.

It also happens to be my birthday!

So you can begin to see why I would be talking about it on an authors blog.

My mom was one of those original viewers. She passed away a little over ten years ago, so I can’t ask if she was watching “The Man Trap” on NBC September 8, 1966, but I certainly like to think so.

I was born in 1980, so my Star Trek began in reru

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Bug! The Adventures of Forager by Lee Allred
"Read this one in single issues, and loved it. Great nods to Jack Kirby, madcap adventures. Just as surreal as you'd hope. Another great title from the Young Animal imprint."
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The Allreds have probably the most privileged place in comics. They’ve gotten to explore the idea of the superhero in the wackiest manner in every possible platform. There’s just no stopping them. Madman even showed up in Crossover, by far the most s ...more
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This is the sixth book in the series. I was going to skip it, but came across it at Target, and bought it anyway. Glad I did.

It’s the kind of book that rewards longtime readers. It has clear callbacks to the first book, and it deepens the format, bas
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On the Calculation of Volume IV by Solvej Balle
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I’m suspended, now, too, in November. I’ve caught up and the next volume doesn’t appear until November.

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On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle
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Obviously a seismic shift in the 18th of November takes place in this one, expanding the mythology of Tara Selter’s day, and issuing with it new thoughts on the metaphorical possibilities. Onward!
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Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Adolfo Bioy Casares
“I do not believe that a dream should necessarily be taken for reality, or reality for madness.”
― Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel

Mitch Albom
“Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Norm Macdonald
“Death is a funny thing. Not funny haha, like a Woody Allen movie, but funny strange, like a Woody Allen marriage.”
― Norm Macdonald, Based on a True Story

Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
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Tony Laplume Mercyhurst was a pretty great community to be a part of for a year. I can only wonder what it would've been like for three more. I've never experienced a school merger. Erie itself was pretty great, reminded me a lot of my native Maine. I'm always working on something! Hope post collegiate life has treated you well.


Majenta Hi, Tony! Thanks for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! I hope you're well and having a great week. I'm glad you spent a year in Erie, PA, how did you like it? How did you like Mercyhurst? I attended Villa Maria College and Gannon University (during their merger--was accepted at both, started at Villa, graduated from Gannon. Have you ever lived through a school or college/university merger?). Well, happy reading, writing, and everything else, and all the best for future projects! Have a good day. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta


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