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Open the Floodgates!
A lot of creative people are somewhat manic. Sadly I’m one of them. My creative bursts happen in cycles. I may furiously produce a hundred thousand words in one month, fifty-five thousand the next, and then ten thousand words for three months in a row. My creative productivity has highs and lows. Like a lot of creative people I’m also…
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l’enfer, c’est les autres
“Hell is other people” — Sartre Indeed, Sartre. Indeed. I was going to leave you with something more profound, better written and far more thought provoking, but the truth of the matter is I have nothing profound to say today. Have a great Monday!
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Some Interesting Facts
Some interesting facts I’ve learned from watching my webstats… People don’t like to read entire threads or take a moment to search anything. One of the things that drives a lot of people to my website is my world-building pdf. However, they’re all using a broken link. So I went over to the web forum where the broken link is posted and…
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How Would You React?
I’m currently focused on my novel Thirteen Covens. I probably shouldn’t admit this but as a life-long occultist I tend to deal with a lot of groups and people (and consequently their emo drama) and let me tell you – a lot of it is wonderful fodder for fiction. Any group really (occult related or not). So late last summer…
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A Dose of Writing Reality From A Bitchy Broad
NOTE: This article is for self-published authors or those planning to self-publish! Okay – a few things need to be said to the aspiring authors (those who plan to self-publish) out there. If you want readers to take your work as seriously as you do there are a few things you have to do … Get a professional cover or at…
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Magic Squares
I don’t know why but I’ve been thinking a lot about magick squares since reading an interview with Nineveh Shadrach, author of the Occult Encyclopedia of Magic Squares. I read the reviews of the book, amazed at the bad ones. So naturally I am going to buy the book based on the bad reviews (since it seems those complaining wanted…
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Communication Error
Have you ever had one of those weeks where it seems people (on social networking sites) are constantly taking what you say wrong? Or perhaps they’re just misunderstanding what you’re saying? Well, I had one of those weeks last week. Looking back I can see where maybe what I wrote could have been misconstrued. Or perhaps I was misinterpreting their…
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Sexism in Magick
I’d like to address an interesting phenomena that’s been bugging me as of late. And no – don’t take this post as me whining or screaming discrimination. I’m not. I’m just shedding light on something that exists and a lot of people don’t talk about. In general and overall – I’d say there’s very little sexism (if any) among enlightened magicians. I generally…
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Welcome to My Freak Show
That’s pretty much what you’ll get reading any of my books. All the bizarre, strange and interesting (to me at least) things going on in my brain. Yesterday a friend of mine, whose job takes him to unique places, discovered an underground tunnel beneath an asylum. This gave me a brilliant idea for a twist in one of my plots…
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Perplexed…
I’ve been reading a great deal lately about how the conservative right and the Libertarians want to get rid of public education. After all – that’s not where our government belongs! How dare they want an educated populous! How dare every child, rich or poor, have a chance at an education! It’s all just a waste of taxpayer money. The…