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Historic versus Current Terms for operants in the Empire
Guardian: Originally a natural state (inoperant) human who undertook an exhaustive course of study and physical preparation intended to prepare them to compete with operants. Now generalized to include various level of operant. Modern usage for natural state humans who qualify via the traditional means is First Order Guardian, but almost nobody bothers with the…
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A Thumbnail Sketch of the Empire’s History
The Empire of Humanity has a history of over 100,000 years by their reckoning, roughly 80,000 by Earth’s. Here are a few major events and the eras they fall into, including major characters. Roughly 15,000 years before Empire: Human Confederacy defeated by C’Tangi. Some life survives on 21 human worlds within a radius of about…
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My Author’s Brand
One thing I should try and make clear to you, the reader, is what my author’s brand is about. First and foremost, I want to entertain you. I will happily give up everything else in order to entertain. If you don’t come away from the book with a sense of “That was fun!” and wanting…
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Review: Schooled in Magic by Christopher Nuttall (Spoiler free)
The Set-Up This is evidently the first in a series. Emily is kidnapped from our Earth (or a reasonable facsimile) by a necromancer in order to sacrifice her to the dark powers because she is a Child of Destiny. She’s rescued by a sorcerer who finds she has some magical talent and sends her to…
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Excerpt From The Invention Of Motherhood
Grace I would like to ask you about extending. The telepathic message was not unexpected. I had twelve days – three Imperial weeks – to go in my twenty year commitment to the Imperial military. In our capacity as Merlon’s Eyes, Asto and I had been all over the Empire in that time, from the…
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Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah Buhrman (Spoiler Free)
Too Wyrd The Good: The writing flows well. I was able to (mostly) keep reading smoothly. The elements of magic and fantasy feel organic and not forced. Works around the flaws in the protagonist to send the story where it needs to go. Lengthwise, this is an actual novel, unlike many Amazon books that tease…
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Excerpt from “The Man From Empire”
The microwave dinged. I was being pulled in too many ways too fast. I didn’t trust myself to speak, so I simply opened the door and handed him one of them. Beef and cheese enchilada with rice and beans. I had machaca burrito with the same sides. Soon as I started eating, I realized I…
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Review: A Spell In The Country by Morgan Smith (Spoiler free)
A Spell In The Country 30days30authors #30authors30days The Good: This is an enjoyable little story I like the characters, the dialog and the narration are good, and it kept me reading and interested. As jaded as I sometimes get about books, that’s not a trivial feat. If what you’re after is a fun little read…
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You’re Not Arguing Science, You’re Preaching Religion
Last week, I followed the Facebook page of an author I once used to respect. After three days where literally every post – roughly 10-12 – had lengthy screeds against those of differing political persuasion, I dropped him. If he’d been using facts, or talking about the science of the matter, that would have been…
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May Be Out Of Touch
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be potentially out of touch for a few days. Too cheap to buy a month of mobile broadband for a week, and I have no idea if there even is wifi coverage available. The blogs and FB Author page allow scheduling in advance, so I’m taking advantage of it. My…