Author: Richard Parry

John Hindmarsh vs. the 15-Day Story Challenge

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My partner in crime John shared his latest WIP from the 15-Day Story Challenge. You can find out more about John at johnhindmarsh.com. John says: “The protagonist is a mage, trying to repair parallel universes that are no longer parallel. He is responsible for three girls – triplets, born three years apart, whom he rescued when the universes collided. The oldest one is 24, and he’s crazy for her. In the preceding chapter, 500 pixies turn up for a free breakfast because he wants assistance to find a soul stealer hatchery. He set off a stink spell to demonstrate to the pixies what the hatchery will smell like. The soul stealers have been genetically modified – by unknown nemesis – to track him down… Oh, Leopold is an alien mage/warrior who exists in multiple universes at the same time as Read More …

D is for Dragon

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This is just the kind of thing I’d have wanted as a tiny Richard. Wizards of the Coast, raising the next legion of geeks today. Now I need to work out if there’s a maximum acceptable age for buying these things. Who’d know? I could just order it and hide the evidence. [ABCs of D&D (Dungeons & Dragons Children’s Book)] (Seen on Polygon)

Bookshine Reviews Chromed: Delilah

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Spoilers: Steph quite liked it 🤩 “The main character, Delilah is a genuinely tough, kick-ass protagonist; a professional who gets the job done and deals with the consequences afterwards.  I loved her! Delilah  is a short, sharp rush of awesomeness…” Check out the full review below: https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/chromed-delilah-richard-parry-future-forfeit-city-stories-book-2/

15-Day Story Challenge: Week One 🐉

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This is one of my world-famous emails, originally sent Sunday, December 9 2018. You can get on the list here. Week One: in the Bag You may remember our threats to begin a 15-day story challenge. It has begun. This week: A recap for you, in delightful video form, The good news I alluded two a couple weeks back, and An excerpt from the story challenge. Let’s rock. The 15-Day Story Challenge Kick-Off Nervous laughter. Anxious smiles. It’s all here in our kick-off video: So, how did the week treat me? Pretty well. I completed 22,000 words this week, averaging 4,400/day (Monday was a bit of a dick, dragging the whole side down). The story’s about where I thought it would be: general chaos, madness, and disorder. Speaking of which, I learned some things, like don’t ask for advice. People Read More …

15-Day Story Challenge: WEEK ONE

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We’re at the end of Week One of our 15-day story challenge. How’s it going? In this video: Progress Surprises Challenges, and Plans for next week. Discord: https://discord.gg/mqQstMW Who we are: John Hindmarsh: http://www.johnhindmarsh.com, https://www.facebook.com/JohnHindmarshAuthor/ Kim Faulks: http://www.hauntingfiction.com, https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKimFaulks/ Nova Blake (aka Cassie Hart): https://www.novablake.com, https://www.facebook.com/novablakewrites/ Richard Parry: https://parrydox.com, https://www.facebook.com/therealrichardparry/

10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards

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The winners are here: [Goodreads Choice Awards 2018] Having seen none of the books I voted for get in, I’m faced with two possibilities. It’s rigged; or Everyone’s wrong. Hmm. FWIW, I voted for: Fantasy: Grey Sister Sci-Fi: Persepolis Rising Get in there. New, excellent books are on my must-read pile.

15-Day Story Challenge Kick-off!

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We originally shared this as a Facebook Live but the audio was, in the parlance of my people, “Fucked.” Behold! One with all channels audible. In the video, we talk about: Introductions What we’re planning to write How we feel about the project How we’re planning to write What to expect from us coming up (emails, blogs, FB…) Where they can find us online How to get involved Our self-care plans so we don’t combust Discord: https://discord.gg/mqQstMW Who we are: John Hindmarsh: http://www.johnhindmarsh.com, https://www.facebook.com/JohnHindmarshAuthor/ Kim Faulks: http://www.hauntingfiction.com, https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKimFaulks/ Nova Blake (aka Cassie Hart): https://www.novablake.com, https://www.facebook.com/novablakewrites/ Richard Parry: https://parrydox.com, https://www.facebook.com/therealrichardparry/

We begin the 15-day story challenge on Monday 📅

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This is one of my world-famous emails, originally sent Friday, November 30. You can get on the list here. Happy [insert day of the week] to you. You might remember me talking about the 15-day story challenge. Turns out, that’s next week. WHAT HAVE I DONE?! I feel sick, but excited! This week: A few details on the story I’m minting; The plans and schedules; Me vs. Aeon 14; and Free beer. Rattle and roll. The Story Tyche’s Progeny, in particular Tyche’s Ghosts and Tyche’s Angels, features Algernon as a part of the cast. He’s a sentient machine, a survivor of the human-AI wars that resulted in the Mercury Accords. People really liked Algernon. I got a lot of email about him because he’s funny, but also because he spends about 70% of his on-screen moments mocking October Kohl. A Read More …

Three to See, One to Avoid

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I picked up a bunch of movies on physical media. If you’re on the fence about Alien: Covenant, Ready Player One, Thor: Ragnarok, or A Dark Song, this might help your decision-making process. Alien: Covenant This is a good monster movie. If you watched Prometheus and left wanting to /wrists, this is not the same thing. Where Prometheus was ridiculous to a fault (e.g., why can people not run sideways out of the path of a giant rolling donut…), Covenant is a return to an Alien movie where they don’t try to explain too much (busting things in the process – what even was the black goo…), and give you the horrific scenes you want. Covenant follows the crew of a colony ship. Pulled off-course by an accident, they set down on a human-habitable world. Unfortunately, the monsters beat ’em Read More …