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Monthly Archives: March 2019

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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Anti-Social”

Posted on March 29, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

“Anti-Social” came from thinking about how we are losing personal contact as the internet and social media evolve. We’re also creating ridiculous quantities of data. What if in the future all data is transitory – statisticians determined that there will always a copy of anything somewhere (a PC, a server, a phone), so permanent storage … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Remembering What It’s About

Posted on March 27, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last week’s stats: Three blog posts. Have a couple of stories I’d be rotating if I had someplace to send them (“Date Night” and “Schizo the Magnificent”.) I commented on enough blogs. My next release date is April 26th – about a month away, so I need to decide what it’ll be soon. I’m 73% … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about Euphemisms

Posted on March 25, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

I hate euphemisms. Euphemisms are words and phrases we choose to employ instead of what we really mean. We either choose to replace the proper word through some idea that there are some things we shouldn’t say in “polite” company, or we are brow-beaten into accepting the replacement for political correctness. Some euphemisms are more … Continue reading →

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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Mutiny on the Star-Bound”

Posted on March 22, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Artificial Intelligence is on its way; I believe it may actually be here already, but it’s not widespread or commonplace as it will be. Just about every invention eventually escapes from its creator (patents only last for so long, and we as humans are always building on the work of others), so it will only … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Where Did Swordsmaster Come From?

Posted on March 20, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

First, last week’s status: Three blog posts. Rotating stories to market as best I can. “Date Night” has returned and needs to be sent to another market. I commented on enough blogs once again. My ePubs remain on schedule – the next release date is April 26th, so I have time to decide what it … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about Making Things Up

Posted on March 18, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Being a fiction writer is an odd profession – your bread and butter is in lying (or – if we want to be diplomatic about it – making things up.) We try to insert enough reality into our fantasy to give it a feeling of truth, but ultimately what we give our readers is the … Continue reading →

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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Flee Markets”

Posted on March 15, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

I wrote “Flee Markets” just to play around with the unoriginal notion of a transitory shop, but it became a story about escapes. Samantha wants to escape from a humdrum summer – she’s mostly thinking in terms of escaping into fantasy literature, but encounters Phineas – a renegade shop-owner who has more to offer than … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Will I Know When to Stop?

Posted on March 13, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last week’s status: Three blog posts. I only have one unpublished story that’s not in submission – “Schizo the Magnificent” has already been to twelve markets, and being a flash fiction, it’s harder to place than most of my shorts. I suspect I won’t find anywhere else to send before it’s time to include it … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about Human Sacrifice and the Greater Good

Posted on March 11, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

I saw a tweet someone had posted about antivaxers – I’d never seen the word before, so I had to look it up (so I live under a rock – sue me.) Antivaxers are people who are opposed to vaccinations – afraid to give them to their kids because there might be adverse effects. I … Continue reading →

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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Cannabis Alienus ‘alien dope’”

Posted on March 8, 2019 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

“Cannabis alienus ‘alien dope’” originated from something that really happened to me (no, not the alien slug.) My family moved out of state before my junior year of high school, and two years later (after graduation) I made a trip back to what used to be home to try reconnecting with people I knew. Aside … Continue reading →

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