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Articulates our current plight with refreshing clarity and venom.

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Amen.

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Me: I know pantyhose are a little dated but I love how they even out my skin tone Teller: So is this not a robbery? Me: No, it is

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Ah, Frazey…that vibrato. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KyXh...

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"Those who DON’T study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who DO study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it." #WonderingWhichIsWorse 🤔

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Absolutely gorgeous. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9oj...

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It is done. I’m enormously proud to say To Kill A God is now live and the saga of Emaneska is 100% complete. Thank you to everyone who’s read and supported me over the years and I promise I didn’t kill off too many of your favourite characters… 🐉🔥https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW183RFH 🔥🐉

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We need to remove billionaires from politics because that's what they're trying to do to us.

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Another art piece from @brettbullionart.bsky.social for the deluxe collector's edition of my debut novel (late pledges here: aching-god-deluxe-collectors-edition.pledgebox.com/preorder). This one of a pirate fight, with Syraeic sorcerer Del summoning some helpful, if unsettling allies...

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lol.

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Another art piece from the deluxe edition of Aching God (late pledges here: aching-god-deluxe-collectors-edition.pledgebox.com/preorder). This wonderful piece is one of two in the book by @brettbullionart.bsky.social.

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Putting finishing touches on the deluxe collector's edition of my 1st book, Aching God, before turning it over to the printer. O it's purdy! Miss the KS? Get yourself a copy here: aching-god-deluxe-collectors-edition.pledgebox.com/preorder Some original art included in the book, Countess Ilanda:

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Hello, new people! I am a dark fantasy author, known for the Iconoclasts Trilogy, which several people have said is pretty good. I'm shifting over to this site in hopes of less bot-supported fascism & disinfo. Please read/purchase my books, available in ebook, print, & audio: mybook.to/ICON

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At this rate @zamakhtar.bsky.social will eventually have all my money. Just backed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/zam...

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Contemplating a 2-3x/week substack called A Blue Dot in a Red Sea. From the perspective of a progressive former infantry NCO political science major turned writer living in rural America. On what's happening from that perspective and what grass roots resistance that isn't urban looks like.

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Take a gander at our newly funded printed page edges! Less than 12?hours remaining! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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Less than 24 hours left! Check out the Kickstarter before it’s too late! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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HUZZAH! We have hit our 3rd stretch goal and will have more gorgeous, full-color art in the book. Now on to PRINTED PAGE EDGES! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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We're closing in on our 3rd stretch goal, which will fund additional interior art. Won't you check out the campaign pledge if you haven't already, and help spread the word? www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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For those who missed it, we're running a Kickstarter to produce a deluxe hardback edition of my first novel. Funded in <4 hrs, we're working on our 3rd stretch goal. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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It's LIVE! Let's do this, folks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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Attending GenCon 2024 this week? Drop by my table on Authors Avenue in the Exhibition Hall to say hello! www.gencon.com/indy

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This Wednesday…oh my, it gonna be purdy: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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Here’s some teaser art for the Aching God Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...); a detail of @andrew_maleski_’s brilliant portrait of a certain long-reigning monarch that has me positively giddy…

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It’s almost time… www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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My essay 'Wherefore, Nuncle?' is in the ENCOUNTERS WITH JAMES BALDWIN anthology celebrating the centenary of his birth. Edited by Kadija George Sesay and Cheryl Robson The list of other writers is on the page. I'm not worthy of Baldwin's legend, but I tried. www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

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I wrote about our nation's cult of supremacist bullies, who we're constantly told are better than we think, even as they prove themselves worse than we can imagine. The moral emptiness of moral authority they demand, and how their pig president reflects it. www.the-reframe.com/not-better-b...

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I'm currently working w/ several talented artists and designers to do a Kickstarter deluxe edition of my first novel, Aching God (mybook.to/AG-P). Launching July/August. Curious to know people's interest & what sorts of things one would want in a deluxe HB edition.

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I have something to say: I LOVE THIS GODDAMN BOOK. Stop dilly-dallying. It’s on sale here, along with many other SPFBO finalists: mlwangbooks.com/spfbo-finalist…

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My sci-fi series is now on sale for #IndieApril! 99c each! 🥳 It’s got close siblings, adventures in the wild, found family, flying cars, an evil king, slow burn romance, different POVs and lots of animals! 👀 And book one was an SPSFC semi-finalist! 😊 amazon.com/dp/B07B1Q23N9/

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One thing that baffles me as an Indie author is the way I see upticks in sales and have no idea what's driving them. The past two days have been great, with a mess of PB sales driving the numbers. Did someone post a review somewhere?

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Managed 900 WIP words today. Hopping all over, unlike my previous 1st drafts. Sample: “I’m gonna take your revolver and that fancy-handled blade, sir. Move a muscle while I’m doing it, and my old knife's gonna cut your kidney in two, before your second twitch. Nod to show me you understand.”

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