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Writing in a Distractive World
Live sales events are anxiety-producing, risky, and draining on time and energy. I like doing them a lot.
That may seem like a strange thing given how much they cost me in time and energy. But live events give me a chance to meet readers and chat with them in person. Some readers tell me they want to write, or are writing. I want to encourage that, especially with young writers.
This post is insp
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I won't be rating my own books, but I intend to use this space for updates: 19 November 2025: Have you been thinking about picking up the Burden to Bear e-book? It's on sale for a limited time. Click here to get your copy now! 4 April 2024: Interested ...more |
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I won't be rating my own books, but I intend to use this space for updates: 19 November 2025: The Skald is available in pocket size (4.25"x7") paperback. A great stocking stuffer! Get it from Amazon or Barnes and Noble (direct sales from my web store ...more |
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“The gods do not help you forget things. That is what alcohol is for, and why it is so much more important than faith.”
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“Or less charitably, you could call the Rus a bunch of miserable Swedes who went too far east and got even more miserable than they were before.”
― Burden to Bear
― Burden to Bear
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“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
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“Did you deem yourself strong because you were able to twist the heads off civilised folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong.”
― Man-Eaters of Zamboula
― Man-Eaters of Zamboula
“So I have just one wish for you – the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind of integrity I have described, and where you do not feel forced by a need to maintain your position in the organization, or financial support, or so on, to lose your integrity. May you have that freedom.”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
“Solomon Kane stood forth alone,
grim man of a somber race:
"Worthy of death he well may be,
but the court ye held was a mockery,
"Ye hid your spite in a travesty
where Justice hid her face.
"More of the man had ye been,
on deck your sword to cleanly draw
"Inforthright fury from its sheath,
and openly cleave him to the teeth --
"Rather than slink and hide beneath
a hollow word of Law.”
― The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
grim man of a somber race:
"Worthy of death he well may be,
but the court ye held was a mockery,
"Ye hid your spite in a travesty
where Justice hid her face.
"More of the man had ye been,
on deck your sword to cleanly draw
"Inforthright fury from its sheath,
and openly cleave him to the teeth --
"Rather than slink and hide beneath
a hollow word of Law.”
― The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
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