"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." ~Albert Einstein
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." ~Leo Tolstoy
"I think I'll put some mountains here. Otherwise, what will the characters have to fall off of?" ~Laurie Anderson
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ~Groucho Marx
"You have to know how to accept rejection, and reject acceptance." ~Ray Bradbury
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." ~Scott Adams
"To be all that we are, and to become all that we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life." ~RL Stevenson
"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." ~Richard Bach
"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." ~Edgar Allan Poe
"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." ~Anais Nin
"When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'One word at a time.'" ~Stephen King
"Not all of me is dust. Inside my song, safe from the worm, my spirit will survive." ~Aleksandr Pushkin

The ICAS Files

The ICAS Files are stories set in a new military science-ficiton universe I am developing.

It’s a universe at war, with technology-enhanced humans are in a fight for survival against an infestation of bio-enhanced machines. Each side being a dark reflection of the other.

Central to the conflict are the ICAS troopers, aka the Alliance Interservice Duty military. These soldiers are augmented with high-tech weaponry and special armored suits known as Interservice Combat Assault Suits. The capability of thus technology is barely explored in the first published short story, Cold Dead Fingers, and is likely to develop alongside the rest of this new universe as I get into more detailed storytelling.

In the meantime, enjoy!

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Quick Writing Tips & Advice

1. Never ask for someone's opinion of your idea.
2. Eavesdropping is just another term for "non-specific research."
3. You're not breaking the rules, your inventing a genre.
4. When in doubt, keep writing!
5. A story is never finished. It is only ever enough.
6. When you get to the end of your story, stop.
7. Only two opinions of your finished story truly matter: your own, and the person paying you to publish it.

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