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Aleks Canard

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G'day, I'm Aleks. I'm from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...more

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Terrae Novels Update

I don't know if anyone reads these, but since I have essentially deleted all other forms of social media, here is as good of a place as any.

I published a new novella last year, The Lies of Lucas Gaspar which once again features Xu. And tells an important origin story of an Eternal within my shared universe. I really do need a name for the overarching story at this point. I'll get there, eventually Read more of this blog post »
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THE THIN MAN by Dashiell Hammett
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A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
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Portrait of Hemingway by Lillian Ross
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
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"I can’t resist putting up one more ballet story from my great friend and mentor, David Leddick.Remember, in last week’s post, David told us about dancing at the Metropolitan Opera and taking a class there from Miss Craske, who told her students, “..." Read more of this blog post »
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“The stars beckoned. And she had to go.”
Aleks Canard, The Price of Royalty

“Romanticism rests in her bones but her heartbeat is the Renaissance”
Aleks Canard, Earnest Gin

“A bullet is worth a thousand threats. And I shot two.”
Aleks Canard, The Price of Royalty

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“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
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“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”
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“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.”
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