Tag: Writing
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Coming Soon: When Hope Burned White, Vol 2
Over the next 10 weeks, I will publish my short story anthology, When Hope Burned White, Volume 2. It is a direct sequel to last year’s and contains 10 brand new stories that deal with loneliness, despair, whimsy, and the power of hope. I cannot wait for you to read these new flash fiction tales,…
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Dream Poetry, #1
I have had very vibrant dreams and nightmares ever since I was a kid. I also have gone through phases of being too stressed on Sunday nights before the work week that I needed to take a sleeping aid. Whether its Unisom or Melatonin, it knocks me out and gives me even more intense experiences.…
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Inspiration: Ursula K Le Guin
Ursula K Le Guin was a rockstar of a writer. She lived from 1929-2018 and wrote 23 novels and change, covering sci-fi, fantasy, and more. I have heard some people praise her as the mother of science fiction, since she invented the idea of the Ansible, and I have heard others claim she was overrated.…
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Short Story Update
I am happy to announce that I have completed all the rough drafts for When Hope Burned White, Volume 2. As the direct sequel to last year’s short story collection and since it has now been over a year since that one was published, I am excited for you to meet the next set of…
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Inspiration: Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo has a beautiful way with words. I cannot repeat that enough. It is a pleasure simply to hear her prose when read aloud, and I am sad when I finish each of her stories because I just want them to keep going. One day not so long ago, her Singing Hills Cycle series…
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2025 Works in Progress
This week, I spent my free time playing “Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2,” but when I am not doing that, I am making progress on my writing goals. It has felt like a slow start to the year for my writing. January seemed a month and a half long, and I think I caught a wave…
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Inspiration: Detective Noir
Ever since reading The Maltese Falcon in Undergrad, I loved the idea of detective noir. The 1930s novel and its film adaptation with Humphrey Bogart (1941) is often considered the beginning of or at least the solidification of the noir genre. Noir is a work of aesthetics as many genres are and often includes gangsters,…
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New Year’s Reflection
New Year’s is more a time of reflection than resolution for me. It is about considering how I spent my time this year and where I want to focus my energy for the future. I always pick 10 things with varying degrees of required energy. Some of the goals are easier because they are already…
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Of Teeth & Dreams: Excerpt
As of Thanksgiving, I completed my NanoWrimo goal and finished the first draft of my new book, Of Teeth and Dreams. It started as a short story and now has a full life of its own. I am very excited with the way it turned out, though it will be a few drafts before I…
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Life Update
With the beginning of the holiday season, the weeks are getting busier and busier. So I thought I would give a quick life update.
Grant Pearson 