Low vision is the frame of my reality. I’ve been working around its encroaching borders for long enough that I now often forget it’s a “thing”. Since I can’t change it, it’s incorporated into my workflow and I rarely…
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Editorial and personal commentary by JD Stanley. No journalism in this category – just rants, raves and me blathering-on.
Book release – The Seer Publication date: Jan 27 2017 Just a warning to anyone who read Blood Runner, this book release? It’s very different from my first book. Not a vampire in sight. The Seer is a pure…
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Art for free..? Um, no. Where did this perception come from that art is some kind of throw-away? I have to apologise in advance, because something set me off this week and I’ve been stewing about it ever since.…
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After a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, on June 3, 2016, Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74. Outspoken about well… everything. And wonderfully so when so many others do not speak. Phenomenal athlete, civil rights champion,…
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Should new writers pay reading or submission fees just for a shot at having their work looked at by a professional publication? The simple answer – no. Submission fees create a barrier between the writer and the literary community,…
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So, I saw a hipster on the subway this morning – short blue single-breasted blazer, black thick-framed glasses, beard, skinny brown jeans… with a unicycle. Now, let me preface this by saying I have no issues with unicycles or…
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Not only as a Druid, but as a well-read human being, I know I shouldn’t be, but I’m still sometimes shocked by the volume of Samhain and Halloween misconceptions. A new thing historically speaking, these Halloween misconceptions abound in…
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Book release – Blood Runner Publication date: Sept 27 2015 Sumerian myth and vampires? Yup, it really happened. I never planned for this story to come out this way. I did a lot of planning around some ideas in…
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I’ve been a self-initiated practicing Druid for about 35 years or so. Even before I knew what that was, I followed that path and it wasn’t until later, after I’d studied just about every spiritual practice on earth, I…
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To Toque or Not to Toque: It’s Winter, It’s Freezing, Deal With It
I came in from freezing my arse off outside at the beginning of winter quite a while back now and wrote out my frustration. Y’know, the way writers handle all life’s little hurdles. I was full on freelancing at…