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Frydon Carlyle is captain of the Eclipsis freighter 'Ikiryō'. He goes by the Japanese term 'Senchou' and perhaps has a wiser head on his shoulders than most people realise.

From The Deep System: Proteus Rising.

I'd love to write some awesome quotes for the good guys but it just doesn't play out that way.

Passed 40K words on the second book in The Deep System and really enjoying throw characters who didn't get on well in teh first book back together again. I love some of the interplay and in one conversation, Asatei and Yseult face off a little and
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Context is important - I'm a writer.

I was out last night, pen and notebook with me enjoying an artisan cocktail in my favourite haunt and I was trying to solve a problem. I'm writing my second book and in the first one, there's a secondary but quite significant character. I realised that in my outline for book 2, she appears in one chapter, doesn't...
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P.J. Burgy is a rising author. She has written two science fiction novels which are avaalable now. If you want to support some good grass roots science fiction with a female protagonist, go find Paladin 33 on Amazon and give her your support... by buying it. Cheering is nice and appreciated but kind of ineffective.

Above is my own rendition of the 'Hijo'; the main
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I’ve been everywhere I need to go,

if tomorrow starts without me.

Learnt everything I need to know,

if tomorrow starts without me.

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Seen everything I need to see,

heard everything that speaks to me,

been everything I need to be

if tomorrow starts without me.

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The World, I’m sure will carry on

if tomorrow starts without me.

A million lives won’t stop...
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ChangedStars is a feminist queer-themed TTRPG set after the war that Humanity lost that is full of aliens, but where no player feels alienated.

I've been helping my friend who is an incredible artist with her kickstarter for this role playing game which funded in only five hours. There are still stretch goals to reach before fundraising ends on May 27th though and the digital
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Yseult ran her hand down the ridge that formed the bottom edge of the bow of the Brawling Beauty. She was a tactile person; strange for someone who spent most of her time alone, but so was her girl. Sometimes she needed a firm hand to steer her, sometimes a comforting one to reassure her. She had a cold skin of metal but there was
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'The Brawling Beauty passed low over the rim of the crater, revealing the four kilometres deep slope down to the floor where Tycho station was located. The ship was a small Shire class super-clipper, the product of a bygone era when the giant outer planets were closer together, shortening trade routes and as the cost of shipping dropped, a market for fast freight emerged.

She
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Finished my 'series logo' for my book. While I get feedback on book 1, outlining on the second installment has begun. Meanwhile, here's a potential blurb for the first book.

The question, if I dare ask, is if it would make you want to find out more?

Book 1: Boxrunner

Ellie is an idealistic engineer who believes in the cause - the Solar System wide
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Charlie wasn’t sure if it was the nerves or the cold January air that was making him shiver as he held his right wrist, where the chip was embedded, against the security reader. His friend Teesha had come to him yesterday in near panic, thrusting a datablock into his hands.

“It’s all here.” She exclaimed. “Everything.. Hide it. I’ll find you tomorrow and everything will...
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