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Raindrops on roses …

I ran the halloween pumpkins out to the compose between rain showers this morning, and, upon returning to the house, I saw this beauty tucked up underneath the eave of the studio window. I should have run inside for the SLR, but I was afraid it would start raining again in the time it would […]

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blog personal reflection writing

writing a (crazy, bloody, funny)(insert adjective) love story

writing a (crazy, bloody, funny)(insert adjective) love story. Someone clicked through and stumbled across this post from March 2011 on the blog yesterday which called it to my attention this morning. … and that does sound like a great story … I should work on that again, but maybe it needs to be a novel […]

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publishing self-publishing writing

Love Lies Bleeding FREE via amazon #kindle

My novella, Love Lies Bleeding, can be downloaded for free today and tomorrow (Oct 27 & 28) via your Kindle reader or app. If you do grab it for free over the next two days, I would love to hear what you think of it … the novella in itself is a bit of an […]

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A review of Blackheath by Scott Fitzgerald Gray

Blackheath – An Elathien Solo Mystery by Scott Fitzgerald Gray & Quinn Hamilton Synopsis (via Amazon): In the great Free City of Yewnyr, the Blackheath Refuge is home to the victims of the most powerful magic in the Elder Kingdoms — those wounded in body and mind by dark mana, ancient curses, and the hunger […]

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publishing self-publishing writing

Love Lies Bleeding free — today & tomorrow — via amazon #kindle

My novella, Love Lies Bleeding, can be downloaded for free today and tomorrow (Sept 29 & 30) via your Kindle reader or app. This is the first time I have offered any of my books for free, so it will be interesting to see how the free days go. If you do grab it for […]

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cats excerpts On My Desk Today personal reflection writing

From this week’s writing:

I am currently in the middle of writing the first draft of The Seer of The Wastelands, which is the direct sequel to Spirit Binder, and will be hopefully released this December. Here are some bits from this week that struck me as tiny pieces of gold among the dull, serviceable rock of the first […]

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On My Desk Today personal reflection self-publishing writing

Hmmm, bon bons …

I just exchanged the following series of texts with Michael: Me: Finished the final pass on LLB*. It’s pretty clean. Only minor corrections needed. I should be able to upload it tomorrow. Michael: Fantastic baby. Me: Yeah!! Happy. Michael: You should be. You’ve been working really hard this year. Me: Really? Seems like playing. You […]

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publishing writing

Goodreads Giveaway – Spirit Binder in Paperback

Enter to win a paperback copy of After the Virus from September 10 – 21, 2012. Accepting international entries. ENTER HERE AUTOGRAPHED COPY! “With magic and spells, blood ties and unknown enemies, Spirit Binder is dark, fun fantasy read that can take you away to another world.” – 4 stars, Headshot Heather, http://doubleshotreviews.com “[Spirit Binder] […]

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blog photography vancouver

Post No Bills

I discovered this amusing series of photos while walking down West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano on July 28, 2012 – yes, I’ve been remiss in posting it. An entire block is under construction between Yew and Maple (??) and some brilliant person posted these photos on the plywood wall built between the sidewalk and the […]

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blog writing

Top ten posts of all time …

On a whim — just right now — and perhaps spurned on by this blog post over on Mr. asperger today, I clicked through my stats page to see my top viewed posts of all time. The top ten, disregarding the “home” (#1) and “about” (#3) pages, was very interesting. A gardening post takes the top […]