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National Novel Writing Month- Day 1 2023

National Novel Writing Month is here! The first day! I stayed up until midnight on Discord in my region’s chatroom, and did a fifteen minute sprint. I got out 33 words, which was better than I expected, because I was very, very tired staying up that late. I had expected that I’d only manage like…

A. E. Returns: Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going

So long time, no speak! First, I need to say that this post will sound familiar, because it was originally posted in March 2023, but I put it back to drafts. I’ve updated this post, and am posted it again, now rewritten and updated for current events. So it’s A. E. here, back again! (again)…

Announcement: The Other Side Audio-book Out Now

A. E. here with a special big announcement, and a reveal on something I’ve been sitting on for months actually. The audio-book of The Other Side is on sale! The Other Side audio-book was released Friday, May 6th and is currently available to purchase on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. Now in case I have any…

Emergency Break

Hello, A. E. here. Well, I’m here to say I have to take an emergency break, literally. I’ve broken the middle finger of my right hand, an open fracture. They have splinted it with buddy, meaning they tapped my index finger to my middle finger and bound it together with the splint. Needless to say…

A. E. Reads: Binti [Book Review]

Hello everyone, A. E. here! I recently bought Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti: The Complete Trilogy, though the book actually holds four stories, including Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade and the brand-new Binti story, Binti: Sacred Fire. So today’s A. E. Reads post is the first of the trilogy, Binti, which was written by Nnedi Okorafor…

Eating Crow [Starting Over]

Hi, A. E. here! First, yes, I am late with this month’s biweekly post. I said I’d post twice a month, so every other Friday. I was supposed to update last week, and had to push it off one more week. So I’ll be updating again next week with an A. E. Read’s post. Today,…