My apologies, but there seems to have been another hiccough with the email subscription feed here on The Word. I hopefully have it fixed now. Although it does fall over on occasion, the email subscription is a good way to keep up to speed with things here – you’ll get a short email digest...
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Books By Alan
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RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
The Darkest Shade Of Grey
You can tell the story.
"...stunning supernatural noir..."
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
Monthly Archives: October 2007
More problems with the email feed
Marijuana and the dangers of Google image search
In my day job as a Martial Arts instructor, I teach classes in various locations around Sydney. Some of those are in schools and universities, where I rent space after hours for classes. In one of the primary schools that I teach from, the younguns have obviously been learning about the evils and dangers...
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There’s a town in Australia called Yass
It’s true. The town of Yass is about sixty kilometres north of Canberra, the nation’s capital. McDonald’s, however, should have thought a bit harder about their sign before putting it up beside the highway.
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So where’s the exit?
This is a sign made by more of those signwriting idiots that we’ve seen here on The Word before. This one truly denies all logic and any attempt at understanding. I don’t want to go in anyway, as the place must be full of idiots.
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Dumbledore’s gay and Christians are idiots
So, Albus Dumbledore is gay and Christians are idiots. I’m not telling you anything you didn’t already know, I suppose. It seems that J K Rowling has posthumously outed Dumbledore. In a fan Q and A at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Rowling was asked if Dumbledore had ever enjoyed passion in his life. She...
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Margaret Thatcher is the wittiest woman in Britain
Apparently. What’s even more surprising, and surely some kind of mistake, is that the foul, arrogant and completely talentless Liam Gallagher is among the top ten wittiest men. This all comes from a digital television channel called in Britain called DaveTV, so make of it what you will. Though Baroness Thatcher, the Iron Lady...
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Idiots abound
Here are a few reasons to think that humanity has a limited time on this planet. There are so many intelligent, artistic people out there that could help to turn humanity into something truly wonderful. Trouble is, there are that many more complete Idiots. Remember Mr Moran a couple of posts ago? He’s not...
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The Washington Post neologism contest
Here at The Word we know the Washington Post’s competition for creating new words by combining two existing words, such as Foreploy (n): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid; or, Ignoranus (n): A person who’s both stupid and an asshole. Well, The Washington Post has also run a competition for...
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Successor to George W Bush
I think this guy shows the education and eloquence required for the White House. After the precedent set by good old Dubya, this guy has to be a shoe in. Yeah, Go USA!
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Stop signs to smile about
What’s the harm in having a little light-heartedness in traffic control? The small suburb of Oak Lawn in Chicago is tired of people not stopping at Stop signs and the Mayor, Dave Heilmann, has come up with a way to make them more noticeable. “I thought it might make people smile,” he said. Mayor...
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Black Bastard – poor research or deliberate controversy
Sorry things have been a bit quiet here at The Word lately. Real life and all that getting in the way. I thought I’d just quickly share this with you in the meantime. We’re all aware of the dangers of mis-translation or lack of research by the marketing department when it comes to naming...
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Roald Dahl beats J K Rowling in a fight
In a recent survey conducted by UK television station ITV3, Roald Dahl has come out on top. The survey was looking for the top ten children’s authors and surveyed people up to 34 years old. The author of classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Danny the Champion of the World beat out...
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Welcome to the website of author Alan Baxter.
I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
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