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Social Media interaction and the principle of charity

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I have a number of social media accounts on several platforms. I have Facebook accounts (which are currently inactive due to my general dislike of Facebook’s way-too-indulgent approach to insurrectionists, fascists and misinformation promoters). I have accounts under another name at counter.social, a new-generation social medial platform that is a paid project with no spam and no bots. (Yes, this is really true). I have multiple Twitter accounts. One is under this name, one is […]

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The New Society – A Belem teaser

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For several years I (Rupert) have been working on a futuristic novel series, with the working title of The New Society. It is set in California and other exotic locales in the time period 2026-2035. During this time period, a mysterious pandemic wipes out 90% of the men in the world. At the same time, the USA splits into three new federations. The society that emerges from the resulting upheavals is rather different. Firstly, it

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Belem’s Novel Series – Noblesse Oblige

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Last year, I sat down with my alter ego, Belem Knight, and talked to him about him no longer dicking about writing short pieces, and impressed upon him the idea that he should get his arse in gear (to use an old British expression) and write longer stories. He attempted this with Bad Girl Christmas at the end of last year, which has some amusing and titillating moments. This year he has been intermittently working

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Adios 2021

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For me, on every level, 2021 has been a struggle. I contracted Covid-19 last December, and I am still dealing with symptoms of what is now increasingly referred to as Long Covid. This has affected my day job and my writing. It has been difficult for me to move into Hammering mode, where I actually hammer out prose. My brain is not running at 100%, and has not been 100% all year. It is rather

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Books of Loukas – appeal for beta readers

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When I completed the first draft of Book 1 of this series in the Spring of 2018, I immediately sent it in ebook form to a couple of dozen friends. That was a mistake. It was a mistake for 2 reasons: 1. Friends are not the correct people to ask to be reviewers. They often are unwilling to tell you what you need to hear (one lady friend flat-out refused to review it, her comment

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