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    Why I Write.

    February 18, 2019

    …Because I have to.  It’s a compulsion.  And, no, I’m not an obsessive-compulsive personality.  I am driven, yes.  I am passionate.  I am labelled a ‘high achiever’, though, when measured against the achievements others I know and what they accomplish in the same amount of time, I’m a slacker by comparison.

    Someone asked me what genres I actually prefer to write.  I had to think about that, because, I love all the stories I write.  I love the characters, I love their stories.  But, when push comes to shove, when it comes to ‘genre’, I love writing science fiction.  As usual, though, I don’t write formula.  The aliens aren’t the bad guys.  Humans aren’t the heros.  There aren’t any bad guys and good guys, no good against evil.  Because that’s not really how reality works.  It’s all about perspectives.

    A Gathering of Rebels, a story so big it took 2 books to tell it.

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    After Months of Planning and Work, IndiesRising is a Reality.

    February 17, 2019

    Good indie books and good indie authors are hard to find.  I decided to make it easier.

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Just for you, Laura Belgrave, this blog is set up with a white background and black text.  There will be no more complaints about my preference — a real preference, by the way — for black backgrounds. On this blog — just for you (and for anyone who shares your preference) — it’s glaringly WHITE!!

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‘I ask that Smith College stop reducing my personhood to a racial category. Stop telling me what I must think and feel about myself,’ she said.

‘Stop presuming to know who I am or what my culture is based upon my skin color. Stop asking me to project stereotypes and assumptions onto others based on their skin color.

‘Stop demanding that I admit to white privilege, and work on my so-called implicit bias as a condition of my continued employment.’

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