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Every day, employees face numerous workplace challenges. Meeting deadlines, handling customer requests, obtaining approvals, resolving complaints, and managing daily responsibilities can sometimes feel overwhelming.

Add to this the challenge of navigating different personalities, expectations, and oc Read more of this blog post »

Hi — I'm Gary, writing as Luxcutus Umbra. DEUS MODUS is a series I wrote in 2012–2014 as a fictional thought experiment about AI alignment and institutional failure. Book One is MAGNET, Book Two is EVOLUTION. I'm looking for honest readers and reviews from folks who read indie sci-fi — if that sound Read more of this blog post »

I have been thinking about our place in history these past few days since the midterm election. The wonderful results of this election, with so many women being elected Governors and Senators, feels like a giant leap forward as a society. Of course, so much has led up to it, such as the work of Stac Read more of this blog post »

After everything we’ve done, all the killing, the shadows have forgotten that we exist. Defying any description, they appear and disappear, appear and disappear, the wildness moves. This nameless island rises, only slightly, above water, old elephant-bent trees lean in to talk to one another, palms

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There is something delicious about an age-gap romance, and I don’t think it’s simply the difference in years. Of course, there’s the confidence. The experience. The quiet authority of a man who has lived long enough to know exactly who he is and no longer feels the need to prove it. There’s also tha Read more of this blog post »

GOOD AFTERNOON, LIKERS! So…what r we #reading this week?I needed sumthin different from...

Every story has a beginning, and sometimes that beginning has nothing to do with putting words on paper.

For me, my love of lighthouses began with a gospel song called The Lighthouse. Something about its message of hope, guidance, and a light shining through the darkness stayed with me.

But my connect Read more of this blog post »

I’ve always been drawn to funny people. Not necessarily comedians, although I certainly appreciate a good one. I’m talking about people who find humor in everyday life, sometimes without even realizing they’re being funny. People who can turn an ordinary afternoon into a story you’ll still be tellin

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We have to wonder about the poor aide who had to explain to Donald Trump the meaning of the word “shellacking.”
The midterms delivered the most overwhelming rebuke of a political party in over half a century. You have to go back to the Watergate era to witness such a lobsided thrashing. That 1970s wa Read more of this blog post »

 (O filme começa com a imagem de umhomem a sintonizar um rádio, pousado em cima de um móvel, em que se começa aouvir a voz de uma locutora a dar as notícias. Ele afasta-se e a imagem começa,lentamente, a afastar.)

Carolina (voz) – Boa tarde!Continua desaparecida a jovem estudante de 17 anos, Bárbara

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Joe heads down to the Amazon with 'the shaman' to experience real jungle life.
OK, I been down here about two weeks already and - NOTHING!
Yeah, I’m talking about the supposed ‘indigenous culture’ community - Chachapuma Quispe’s property in the Amazon. I mean, it looks authentic enough, the fauna, t Read more of this blog post »

He has spent a lifetime protecting power.
She refuses to surrender hers.
Some boundaries were never meant to be crossed.
Others were made to be indecent.

Indecent Legacy is an age-gap, dark cartel romance and a companion novella to Hunting Legacy.

Indecent Legacy will be available in ebook and paperback. Read more of this blog post »

Hanuman’s devotion to Lord Rama is summed up by tradition in a single Sanskrit verse of thirty-two syllables, Dehabuddhyā tu […]

It did take some time and deliberation, if I am being honest, to decide exactly who I wanted as my main protagonist. I wanted him to be someone worthy of a saga, a hero with his own flaws and doubts, a relentless seeker of knowledge and purpose. That was all clear enough in the beginning.

But who was Read more of this blog post »

I have a bad habit
Of looking up the ending
Of a movie
Halfway through it

And I get frustrated
When I cannot find it

You stole my body
And left me for dead
Paid off
The witnesses

How much money
Have I been worth?

The city lights
Were so pretty
As they reflected
On my body

“Terminated”
You celebrated with your friend

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Let’s begin tonight with the sinner’s prayer:

Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner and that I need You. I believe that You died for my sins and that God raised You from the dead. I turn from my sin and place my faith in You. Forgive me, save me, change me, and lead my life. I receive You as my Lord a Read more of this blog post »

Happy Friday everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I just posted a new Medium aritcle on my Medium page. Today I am talking about Thor and Loki!

Sneak peek is below, as well as the link to the full article.

All of my Medium articles are currently free.

Serena

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I published this book very quietly. No countdown, no cover reveal, no marketing plan. Just me, one evening, hovering over the “publish” button the way you hover at the edge of a cold pool, and then jumping before I could talk myself out of it.

It’s a romance. There’s a heroine who captions everything Read more of this blog post »

When I published my first novel, I approached cover design much as many first-time independent authors do. I searched for an image that seemed to capture the spirit of the story and then built a cover around it.
At the time, that seemed perfectly reasonable. The goal was simply to get the book into r Read more of this blog post »

SINAL: DESCONHECIDO — Arquivos do inexplicável
OVNIs, abduções, encontros inexplicáveis e arquivos governamentais.

SINAL: CLASSIFICADO — Além dos arquivos
Projetos militares secretos, documentos sigilosos e alegações de encobrimento.

SINAL: ORIGEM — Em busca de outras vidas
Sinais espaciais, buscas cient Read more of this blog post »

Some good news. Del Gibson from Horror Central — she read MEOW and posted her review of it — has invited me onto her YouTube channel for an interview about my books. We record on Tuesday, November 17th at 4pm my time (Eastern). I will share the link here as soon as it is up.

Thank you, Del, for belie Read more of this blog post »

89 books sold in just 11 days! 🎉📚

And yesterday, my paperback climbed 44,109 positions in a single day on Amazon, reaching #43,791 in the Books Best Sellers Rank! I know that number will fluctuate, but can a girl just have her moment? Shhhh... that's better.😉

Okay, okay, so it's not exactly the Top Read more of this blog post »