Essays
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Why Is This the Way It Is? A Goodreads Rant from an Indie Author on the Edge
I have grown so tired of getting unwanted solicitations from so-called, “Book Promoters,” telling me that my books weren’t properly placed in Listopia, or listed at all. Listopia: a user-generated system of book lists on Goodreads where readers can create lists, add books to them, and vote on their favorites. Lists can be based on: Readers…
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REVIEWS: The Lifeblood of Artists
In every corner of the creative world, from the painter’s studio to the novelist’s writing desk, artists share a universal truth: our work only fully comes alive when it meets an audience. Creativity may begin in solitude, but it survives—and thrives—through connection. And the most meaningful form of that connection, the one that shapes careers…
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What Do I Mean By . . .
By Keith C. Milne What do I mean by diametrically opposing forces? I mean yin/ yang, night and day, polar opposites. Meanness and kindness. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have humanity in the middle? Poised like an arrow going nowhere, but sharp and gleaming from clarity and balance. A shining example of humanity. What do…
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“Just One” A Short Hemingway Pastiche
By Keith C. Milne Ken looked out over the vast expanse before him and felt the cool breeze blowing through his hair. The sun was low in the sky. It’s long arm reached across the vast plain of the liquid tundra in a mosaic of orange and yellow and green and gray. A seagull flew…
