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J.D. Cowan

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http://www.wastelandandsky.blogspot.ca

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JD Cowan is a writer with an obsession for stories and Truth. He takes pleasure in looking for Light in the places where darkness grips the tightest.

His works include "Grey Cat Blues", the young adult novel "Knights of the End" and short stories in "Superheroes: The Crossover Alliance Volume 3" by the Crossover Alliance, StoryHack #3, the PulpRev Sampler, and "Paragons" by Silver Empire, and others.

He blogs about stories and entertainment at wastelandandsky.blogspot.ca and can be found on Twitter @wastelandJD for those interested. ...more

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End of the Old Ways

Welcome back to the wasteland, folks!
Been a bit, but here's a new post I've been musing on for awhile. Part of it got eaten, but it is what it is. Hopefully the newer version is good enough in getting the point across. Today, let us discuss the actual point of doing something.
Do you ever wonder what it is that stories in the mainstream have been missing? No, I don't just mean "quality" or "good wr Read more of this blog post »

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	The Pulp Mindset: A NewPub Survival Guide by J.D. Cowan (Goodreads Author), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gemini Warrior (Gemini Man #1) by J.D. Cowan (Goodreads Author), Thomas Plutarch (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Fanatics: How the Genre Wars Killed Wonder by J.D. Cowan (Goodreads Author), Jeffro Johnson (Foreword) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grey Cat Blues 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Y Signal by J.D. Cowan (Goodreads Author), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knights of the End really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someone is Aiming For You by J.D. Cowan (Goodreads Author), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Wanderers 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Adventures Across Eternity 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J.D. Cowan wrote a new blog post End of the Old Ways Welcome back to the wasteland, folks!Been a bit, but here's a new post I've been musing on for awhile. Part of it got eaten, but it is what it is. Hop Read more of this blog post »
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“Everything you read and enjoy, everything you grew up on, and everything that sparked your imagination as a child, has one foot in the pulps.”
― J.D. Cowan, The Pulp Mindset: A NewPub Survival Guide

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