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Remembrance Day
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
Giving Thanks
Monday, May 28th, 2012In the United States, today is Memorial Day, when we remember the soldiers that sacrifice everything for our protection.
Homophobia Blog Hop Chaser
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Thank you all for your participation!
The winner, chosen by random.org, is Yvette (comment #6)!
She has been sent a print copy of Sunset (Pact Arcanum #1).
I hope she enjoys it.
Respects,
Arshad Ahsanuddin
Hop Against Homophobia
Thursday, May 17th, 2012As part of the Hop Against Homophobia blog hop (http://hopagainsthomophobia.blogspot.com) in honor of the International Day Against Homophobia (May 17), I have been asked to talk about my perceptions and experience with homophobia. As a writer, I think the place where you can gauge social issues best is in the everyday entertainment that people seek out on their own.
NC Amendment One
Monday, May 7th, 2012This blog post has nothing to do with writing or my books, but rather reflects my own displeasure over this proposed piece of North Carolina legislation, since I vote absentee in that state.
9/11 – What did we learn?
Sunday, September 11th, 2011Today, I commented on a few blogs, something I almost never do. But then I read what I wrote, and thought that perhaps the words might contain some small kernel of wisdom, so I have adapted them here into a single essay. (more…)
My Top SciFi/Fantasy Picks
Sunday, August 14th, 2011You’ve probably heard by now of the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books list (http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books). The list has been criticized, rightfully, for being skewed towards recent and popular books, and excludes many of the older grandmasters of science fiction and fantasy, not to mention that it treats these two very different genres as equivalent. For an imperfect metric, however, it certainly offers some food for thought. The following is my list of favorite authors off the list of winners, in no particular order, followed by my favorites from the finalists that didn’t make the final cut. (more…)
Blog Tour de Troops Wrap-up
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Thank you to the Indie Book Collective for organizing this event, and to everyone who participated by leaving their comments! Your sentiments were greatly appreciated.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Saturday, May 28th, 2011[This post may render on a dark gray background in some versions of Internet Explorer. If so, enable Compatibility View under the Tools menu to resolve.]
The stop before mine on the blog tour is Stacey Kennedy (http://www.staceykennedy.com/blog/) and the next stop is Pandora Poikilos (http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/). Be sure and check them out, as well as the rest of the authors participating in the blog tour over the course of this Memorial Day weekend, and spread the ability of my fellow independent/self-published authors to cheer our brave soldiers in their grim duty through donations of our ebooks. You can also donate funds to provide the troops with Kindle e-readers.
My family moved to the USA when I was ten. A year later, my father enlisted in the United States Army Reserve, saying that his own father had once told him that the only way to truly make a new country your home was to till its soil or to defend it against its enemies. At the time, I was too young and too surprised to say how much I respected that.
Blog Tour de Troops
Friday, May 27th, 2011Please join me in this Blog Tour de Troops charity event!
This Memorial Day, I’m joining over 30 authors in thanking our troops for the sacrifices they have made in our defense.
See http://indiebookcollective.wordpress.com right now for all the details and the full author roster.
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