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G. Russell Gaynor
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From what I've been told, the chances for a woman successfully carrying full-term decrease with the passage of time. My mother had a number of pregnancies with most of them ending in either miscarriage or the infant not living 48 hours after birth.
My brother Jerome was born 11 months before me with liver cancer. It was predicted that he would not last six months. He managed seven years.
And when I was born, it was nearly two months premature with a condition of severe allergies that I battled through my youth. It was recommended that my parents pull down the drapes, rip up the carpet, and get me an oxygen tent to sleep in. That did not happen and last June, I said hello to my 54th birthday. While some foods still give me the dizzies and tighten my throat, I live in the pollen-laden South and though I do more than my fair share of crying and sneezing during the Summer, I pretty much manage pretty well.
After I was born my parents did not try again to have children, but I've always been struck by how the children lived longer as the pregnancies occurred. It's almost as if the 'agent' working against them having children wore off over time.
And, no, given the emotional turmoil people go through in losing a child, I don't have to look far for the heroes of my life!!!
From what I've been told, the chances for a woman successfully carrying full-term decrease with the passage of time. My mother had a number of pregnancies with most of them ending in either miscarriage or the infant not living 48 hours after birth.
My brother Jerome was born 11 months before me with liver cancer. It was predicted that he would not last six months. He managed seven years.
And when I was born, it was nearly two months premature with a condition of severe allergies that I battled through my youth. It was recommended that my parents pull down the drapes, rip up the carpet, and get me an oxygen tent to sleep in. That did not happen and last June, I said hello to my 54th birthday. While some foods still give me the dizzies and tighten my throat, I live in the pollen-laden South and though I do more than my fair share of crying and sneezing during the Summer, I pretty much manage pretty well.
After I was born my parents did not try again to have children, but I've always been struck by how the children lived longer as the pregnancies occurred. It's almost as if the 'agent' working against them having children wore off over time.
And, no, given the emotional turmoil people go through in losing a child, I don't have to look far for the heroes of my life!!!
G. Russell Gaynor
The good news is that it would appear that we're getting a handle on demons possessing humans. The bad news is that Dragons have also gotten into the possession game!
Vassals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Vassals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
G. Russell Gaynor
With Summer coming to a close, I can tell you that I've been doing a lot of writing and I need to get back to my reading. Currently I've got Clara Mandrake's Monster, Gemini: The Sign Behind the Crime, and Deadly Deception on the Ready Deck.
G. Russell Gaynor
Five Pointes! In The Spatial Shard, the characters come a magnificent mega-city called Five Pointes which is comprised of four sections (called quarters) and Zwet Pointe, a gigantic city that hovers over the quarters. Each of the quarters is dedicated to a particular realm in EdgeWorld so you could say that Five Pointes is their New York.
As for what I would do... what wouldn't I do?! I would dance on light with the Leukosians in the Sun Quarter (if they would allow it), visit with the spirits that reside in the Shadow Quarter (and stay well away from any tea parties), spend time with my sentient machine in the Tech Quarter, or visits one of the museums, theaters, or temples scattered through the Null Quarter. There simply would not be enough hours in the day!
As for what I would do... what wouldn't I do?! I would dance on light with the Leukosians in the Sun Quarter (if they would allow it), visit with the spirits that reside in the Shadow Quarter (and stay well away from any tea parties), spend time with my sentient machine in the Tech Quarter, or visits one of the museums, theaters, or temples scattered through the Null Quarter. There simply would not be enough hours in the day!
G. Russell Gaynor
On a personal level, Stanley and Agnes Kieslowski make up my favorite couple. Appearing in the SylverMoon Chronicles (serials in volumes I through V), they are fun to write and read. She's the brains behind The Scharr (Scar). An aging vigilante with his only super-power being his wife's genius! As he nears the age of retirement, The Scharr is getting slower and weaker - Agnes has tweaked the life out of the suit and time is catching up to them.
Now, out and about... Leia and Han rank up there with T'Challa and Ororo (Black Panther & Storm). I also have a soft spot for Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker though Spider-Man and Black Cat was a lot more fun!
Now, out and about... Leia and Han rank up there with T'Challa and Ororo (Black Panther & Storm). I also have a soft spot for Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker though Spider-Man and Black Cat was a lot more fun!
G. Russell Gaynor
Watching a horror film! And given that the story isn't in the horror genre, I'd have to say it was one of those 'stream of consciousness' things!
G. Russell Gaynor
That is a fairly difficult question to answer. With four series, each waiting for the next segment, there is so much story left to tell! However, before I came upon those ideas, just about anything could trigger me. I was reading the DaVinci Code when I came up with a Western.
G. Russell Gaynor
SyvlerMoon Chronicles, Volume IV.
It is a collection of short stories written by the Confederacy of the Quill in the genres of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction.
I am also working on a novel that takes what I hope is a fresh look at possessions and what life-forms engage in the art thereof.
It is a collection of short stories written by the Confederacy of the Quill in the genres of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction.
I am also working on a novel that takes what I hope is a fresh look at possessions and what life-forms engage in the art thereof.
G. Russell Gaynor
WRITE! And when you can't write, WRITE SOME MORE!
My father once told me that everyone, EVERYONE has at least one book in them. It is a matter of getting that book out and into the world.
My father once told me that everyone, EVERYONE has at least one book in them. It is a matter of getting that book out and into the world.
G. Russell Gaynor
I picked up a phrase at Dragon*Con 2014 that I think I will keep… "taking up the mantle of world building"is one of the best things about being a writer. My brother, a naturally gifted artist, once told me that it is the obligation of the artist to how the world as how it should be, could be, and would be with the direction of a few inspired individuals.
G. Russell Gaynor
For me, writer's block never comes in the form of drawing a blank to the question of, "What comest next?" I have had the very good fortune to enlist a process that seems to contend with the possibility quite nicely. While I do experience periods where a new idea comes crashing into a developing scene that is COMPLETELY unrelated to what I am currently writing, a few moments spent jotting down that idea seems to do the trick.
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