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2 Military Sci Fi Books That Will Rip Your Heart Out

2 Military Sci Fi Books That Will Rip Your Heart Out

Sometimes you read something that is so good that you can hardly believe it.  It reaches right in and just yanks every raw emotion. That doesn't happen a lot for me.  I mean, I love a good space marine romp.  Maybe there are MECH suits, maybe there are fancy plasma...

Renegade Profiles: Space Marine Author J.R. Handley

Renegade Profiles: Space Marine Author J.R. Handley

Author: J.R. Handley   JV: Tell me a little about “Team Handley” and how you work together. JR: I come up with the ideas and flesh them out with my wife and mother.  We tweak them so they flow and make sense and lately to ensure continuity.  Mostly we do this...

How To Write An Assassination Story In 5 Steps

How To Write An Assassination Story In 5 Steps

A writing group I’m in came up with a plan. We were all going to write an assassin’s tale in our respective worlds as part of an omnibus. I write military sci fi set in the near future. How hard could this be? Ok, so it was hard. My title was total clickbait. Anyone...

Using Data Science To Pick Your Reading List

Using Data Science To Pick Your Reading List

Who are your favorite authors? What are your favorite books? If you have a voracious reading appetite and have finished up the stack on your desk, or the purchases on your Kindle, what do you do next? Amazon has figured you out.  They serve you up the "also boughts"...

Is It Time To Take A Writing Class?

Is It Time To Take A Writing Class?

For the folks who build houses, repair complex machinery, or bake wedding cakes, they spend years to learn, and train, and master their craft.  (For my dayjob, I had three years of graduate school, a grueling multi-day certification exam, and then years of...

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