Welcome to Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive Wander into the Scorned World of Hinodé and read the story it is dying to tell

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Conspiracy of False Citizens - Episode 4: The city chooses death A serialized novel set in the hyper-urban world of Gwij

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Brainstorming starting something new…but old. Inspirations: Glamorous Decay, Absinthe-stained Brocade, Seductive Degeneracy, and Dissolute Heirs of the Decadent Elite #writingproject #decadence #writingcommunity #urbanweird #weirdfiction #writesky

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The Weird of Weird — UrbanWeird T here has been a sub-genre of speculative fiction that has been called “weird” for about 100 years now. It may even pre-date the term ‘fantasy’ as a sub-genre, but I am not sure about that. I’v...

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Literary, Genre, Both? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a piece of fiction literary and what make it not so. The common term for fiction that is not literary is...

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A quote by Herb Caen: “A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.”

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People and The City are in a constant back and forth—the ultimate symbiotic relationship. #writingcommunity
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Outlining for book 2 in Scorned World series #writingcommunity
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"We need approaches that reflect an understanding of the city as a living entity, as a constantly changing whole that is capable of learning." by Clifford Pearson in "Conceptions of the Desirable".

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Norwgian forest cat washing herself with a hind leg up as if she is playing the cello.

Muse Abygail Anastasia playing the cello while I think about the plot to the sequel to Flowers Wilt, Weeds Thrive available at major online bookstores.
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The Muse and her minion taking a break from their hard day of musing. Well, the minion’s hard work, her directing. #writingcommunity
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Doing some light reading. Weird grim speculative fiction has long, deep, roots. #shakespeare #haroldbloom #writingcommunity #writingthoughts #speculativefiction #dystopian #writinglife #urbanweird #darkfantasy #grimdark #weirdfiction #indieauthor #readingcommunity

It sure does. #writingcommunity #authorquotes
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