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Review: Hugo Award Winner The Obelisk Gate
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin Title: The Obelisk Gate Author: N. K. Jemisin Published: 2016 ISBN-13: 9780316229285 Publisher: Orbit Books Twitter: @nkjemisin Publisher’s Blurb: The season of...
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Review: Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier
Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole Title: Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier Author: Myke Cole Published: 2013 ISBN-13: 9780425256367 Publisher: Ace (now Penguin Random House) Twitter: @MykeCole...
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Review: Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction
Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction by Sara Upstone Title: Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction Author: Sara Upstone Published: 2017 ISBN: 9781473611924 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton...
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Review: Shadow Ops: Breach Zone
Shadow Ops: Breach Zone by Myke Cole Title: Shadow Ops: Breach Zone Author: Myke Cole Published: 2014 ISBN-13: 9780425256374 Publisher: Ace (now Penguin Random House) Twitter: @MykeCole Publisher’s...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué: 1 April 2019
The Daily Communiqué is part Brain Pickings, part homage to M. Todd Gallowglas’ Nine Tenths Project, definitely more than online diary. I have long admired Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings while being...
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I’m in a hurry today. My editor, Chris Garcia, is patiently waiting for me to get my piece on Alexander Hamilton polished and delivered for publication in his zine, The Drink Tank. March was unkind to...
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My dear friend, Alexander Watson, sent the song “Happy Talk,” sung by Shezwae Powell, from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It’s a reminder not to listen to the inner imposter who...
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Procrastination. “… procrastination is deeply existential, as it raises questions about individual agency and how we want to spend our time as opposed to how we actually do.” (Lieberman, Charlotte....
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Trust … Hat tip to Hugh MacLeod and Gaping Void Art, I’ve been a fan for years and find his advice on leadership to be common sense. Positive Relationships. Trust is in part based on the extent to...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué: 6 April 2019 – Questions
For Michael and Cody 20 Questions “Are you ready to hear this?” “Why do you ask silly questions?” “Guess who has a clause in their contract stating they don’t actually have to do their job?” “Are you...
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On Writing: Drink Tank #410
Drink Tank #410 The Hamilton Issue My review of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth by Stephen F. Knott are in Drink Tank #410. (The typos are my fault,...
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What’s Auntie Reading Now?: Stopwatch Chronicles
Stopwatch Chronicles by M. Todd Gallowglas The Stopwatch Chronicles by M. Todd Gallowglas (with a side of sangria)
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New to the Stacks: Marlon James
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué: 7 April 2019 – Recap Week 1
Weekly wrap … When the idea arrived, I could barely contain my excitement. It was scary but it just felt like a thing I was ready to do. Basically, free write in public every day. The story about my...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué: 8 April 2019 – Hugos
2019 Hugo nominations have been announced. I’m so pleased to see at least one book I’ve read, and a fanzine I know well, nominated. WorldCon 76 was almost literally in my backyard, someone helped me...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué: 09 April 2019 – Music
My curiosity for music can more easily be satisfied now with technology. I’m in love with searching through the global record collection available to anyone with the bandwidth to listen. Here are a...
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The Daily Communiqué – 10 April, 2019 – Art
What an interesting thing art is. All art. Someone thought of something and created it. They looked around them and thought, “Hey, what if …? Wouldn’t it be cool? I want to try …” And then...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué – 11 April, 2019 – On Writing
Mostly my writing doesn’t get read by anyone. Writing so publicly in The Daily Communiqué is challenging on more levels than just publishing something, anything, on a daily basis. There will be a...
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The Daily Communiqué – 12 April, 2019 – The Coffee Break
Harold whispered through gritted teeth, “Go back to your desk! Go! Now!” His eyes moved quickly as though watching for danger, face screwed up in fear. Uh oh. It happened again. Scurrying back to...
View ArticleThe Daily Communiqué – 13 April, 2019 – Benedict
I cannot let this pass. The ex-pope known as Benedict released a screed blaming the sexual revolution of the 1960s for priests abusing children in the Catholic church.. Rachel Donadio’s article in The...
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