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Moving On

There is a moment, sometimes a recurring moment, in every unpublished author's life when it's time to stop revising and querying a...

Book Review: The Amulet of Samarkand

(I'm not sure why they drew Bartimaeus looking like that on the cover when he never looks like that in the book.) I picked this book up...

Book Review: The Fourth Wing

At some point popularity merits attention. When the Twilight craze was nearing its peak I picked up the book to see what was powering...

Movie Review: Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer, summed up in four words: intense, complex, long, loud. Before I get to the story, I have to talk about those last two...

Human Art vs AI Art

In The Phantom Spy, Phoenix has a serious issue with crowds: they terrify her. But to compete in her main hobby -- bot battling -- and to...

Book Review: The Outlaws Scarlet and Browne

This one gets a 3.5 from me. It does a lot well, but a few parts knocked me out of the story. First the good. The writing and...

Still in the forest...

Still walking. Still writing. I've been here for a long time. I've seen shimmers of light that disappeared. Gotta adjust the backpack and...

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