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Stephen Blake lives in Penzance, Cornwall with his wife, numerous cats and Frodo, the Border Collie.

He enjoys reading, watching films and T'ai Chi.

He's involved with a local writing group and another group where he takes the opportunity once a month to read his work out loud.

He's been writing properly since 2013. Concentrating initially on short stories before hopefully moving onto novels.

He writes, steampunk, fantasy, science-fiction and horror. Although lately he has been trying his hand at stories for children.

You can follow his writing journey on his blog at https://stephenblakeblog.wordpress.com/
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	Airship Shape & Bristol Fashion by Joanne Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roz Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cheryl Morgan (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wax & Wane: A Gathering of Witch Tales by David T. Neal (Editor), Christine M. Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Burgis (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide by Corie Weaver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sean Weaver (Editor), Marilag Angway (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avast, Ye Airships! by Rie Sheridan Rose (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Blake (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jeffrey Book (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toys in the Attic by Mary Genevieve Fortier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Ward Kirk, Sebastion Crow 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spooky Halloween Drabbles 2016 by Colleen Aune, Jorge Salgado-Reyes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Angela J. Maher (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaiju: Lords of the Earth by Essel Pratt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Blake (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jurassic Attack by David McGlumphy (Editor), Amanda M. Lyons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Justin Hunter 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sins of the Future by Chasity Nicole (Goodreads Author), Debbie Manber Kupfer (Goodreads Author), Jackie Pitchford 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fae Wings and Hidden Things by Angel Blackwood (Goodreads Author), Layne Calry, Warren Rochelle (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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2016, if you go by the news and social media, has been pretty horrible. Sometimes though you’ve got to look at your own smaller world, and judge a year more personally.

For me, writing wise, it has been very quiet. I think I’ve managed less than 10,000 words for the whole year. I’ve beaten myself up about it a few times, and seriously thought of just giving up. However, the truth is I have edited –

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“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

tags: foolishness, rationality, reason, sense, stupidity, understanding

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“Some mother fuckers are always trying to ice skate up hill.”
― Wesley Snipes

tags: blade

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: family, friends, parties, social

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