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15 July 2015
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The Silk Road from the wrong end

The joys of the internet era.
back in the days before Youtube it took me forever to get my hands on the NHK/CCTV documentary series, The Silk Road.
Now, I find the first series, twelve episodes, on Youtube, and I’m pretty sure the second series should be somewhere at hand.

According to the legend, it took 7 years to the Japanese NHK to plan and film the series – a travel along the Silk Road starting from Chang’an and ending in the Pamirs.
The project was developed further during the following decade, finally taking a staggering 17 years to reach completion. Continue reading →

13 July 2015
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Stuff to do, and a call to action

Yes, there’s going to be a call to action in this post.
That would be me asking you to speak up your mind.
But let me explain…

I was doing some math with my brother during lunch.
Looks like, in the next 8-12 months period I’ve ten projects slated, all of them in various stages of development.

Ten, not counting my blogs.
Now, if I don’t consider what’s already in the hands of my editors or publishers, we get down to seven, but that’s still a big number. Continue reading →

12 July 2015
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Talking about the woman that would be king

Something seriously entertaining today.
I mentioned I’ve got The Woman that Would be King here on my nightstand ans a read for these hot nights.
As I was wondering through the web I found this quite interesting piece about the author, Egyptologist Kara Cooney… so, why not share?

Enjoy!

11 July 2015
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Tom Piccirilli, 1965-2015

This month keeps bringing sad news.
I am sad to report the death of American author Thomas Piccirilli.
Despite his young age, he had a staggering catalog of novels, short stories and non-fiction books.
He was an editor and a poet.
His work had won both the Bram Stoker Award (four times) and the International Thriller Writers Award (twice).
He was barely fifty years old, and he will be sorely missed.

11 July 2015
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Seventeen per hour

OK, for a laugh.
I was reading an award-winning novelist‘s interview the other day.
I like reading writers talking about their work flow, their methods, their quirks.
Turns out the guy worked on his latest, award-winning novel