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Author: Deven Kane

Author of dystopian and urban fantasy tales. Plays the bass.
the Silent Dagger

the Silent Dagger

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(Scorpion flash fiction)

Councilor Harlan Sterne gazed out the conference room window, admiring his panoramic view of the Enclave’s prosperous city center.

He lounged in his high-backed leather chair, a satisfied half-smile playing across his lips. Here, in the Citadel — the seat of all power inside the Cascadia Enclave — the anticipation of his imminent triumph was heady, intoxicating.

Everything was unfolding just as he’d anticipated. No, more than anticipated — planned, orchestrated, set in motion with the strategic cunning of a chess master.

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Plotting vs. Pantsing: Coexisting in an alternate reality

Plotting vs. Pantsing: Coexisting in an alternate reality

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away …

Plotters and Pantsers enjoyed a peaceful and harmonious coexistence. The intergalactic blood feud between the two species had been miraculously averted.

Science fiction writers call this an “alternate timeline.”

In this timeline, however, Plotters and Pantsers (on their best behavior) try to coexist peacefully in public, while privately wishing the other would change their ways. Both species have solid reasons for writing as they do. They also collect comedic “zingers” aimed at those on the other side of the fence.

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Writing to market: Rethinking stuff they told us

Writing to market: Rethinking stuff they told us

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Writers are passionate.

About their art. Their creative muse. Their genre and its many permutations.

And the question of whether or not we should be ”writing to market” is not exempt from fiery brawling warlike spirited debate.

Writing to market: a definition

In a nutshell, “writing to market” simply means:

  1. Invest time researching what’s “hot” (selling lots) in the current market (e.g., vampires, werewolves, and/or zombies).
  2. If you value your career, write your next novel about vampires, werewolves, and/or zombies.
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Dissident (T2) Book Launch

Dissident (T2) Book Launch

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“Deeper, darker, and even better than the first one.”
“As edgy as the title suggests!”

from the back cover:

The Cascadia Enclave is the ultimate symbol of the Hoarders’ dominance. From behind its impenetrable walls, they escalate their relentless campaign to Implant the innocent, while their subhuman Trackers hunt down and exterminate the unfortunate.

The only hope for Amos Morgan, Aubrey Carter, and their team of Runners is to infiltrate Cascadia and take the fight directly to the Hoarders. But they’ll need help from inside the Enclave, and their only guide may be a double agent.

Then there’s Tracy. Hoarders stole her humanity, turned her into a Tracker, and left her for dead. The Runners took her in, but can she be trusted?

One thing is clear: she’s on a mission.

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The Dark SideCafé AmbushLost Humanity

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Breaking out of the genre straitjacket

Breaking out of the genre straitjacket

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At times, it feels like someone has a gun pointed at my head.

“Choose a genre. Sci-fi. Dystopia. Supernatural thriller — it doesn’t matter. Just pick one. But then don’t you ever step outside the prescribed tropes. Or your writing career’s gonna be in the toilet, capisce?”

As an author working on a couple of future releases which I’d describe as “supernatural thrillers set on another world,” I chafe at the implied genre constraints.

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Café Espresso Ambush

Café Espresso Ambush

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(Dissident flash fiction #2)

In Dissident, we are introduced to a new POV (point-of-view) character: Connor Sinclair.

Connor is typical in many ways: a history major in his first-year of university, just shy of his eighteenth birthday, with a tight-knit circle of friends and a favorite café hangout.

He’s also a Hoarder (one of the bad guys).

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