Started reading James Longenbach's "Forever: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3PC4Faq
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His final collection, and so far it's as engaging as his others.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Premee Mohamed's "No One Will Come Back For Us And Other Stories."
https://amzn.to/3IuOfxx
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an excellent collection of #SciFi #DarkFantasy #CosmicHorror, and just real good #ShortStories.
#books #reading #ShortStory

Finished reading Alicia Cook's "Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3ZzZBrk
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I liked the darker ones...too bad there weren't nearly enough of them.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Lydia Kang's "Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm."
https://amzn.to/40TWqLg
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Really dragged in the middle, but thankfully picked up towards the end.
#books #reading #StarWars #StarWarsTheHighRepublic #SciFi #ScienceFiction

Well, #Echo was a whole lotta meh.

As Amazon's thriller pick for January, the Kindle version of Dean Koontz's new suspenseful / comedic fantasy novel "The Bad Weather Friend" is free for Prime people, and $2 otherwise. But is it worth it? To find out, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-bad-weather-friend-author-dean-koontz/
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#DeanKoontz #DeanKoontzInterview #DeanKoontzTheBadWeatherFriend #DeanKoontzTheBadWeatherFriendInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #fantasy

Started reading Alicia Cook's "Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3ZzZBrk
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Digging the darker ones (no surprise there).
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Matthew Zapruder's "The Pajamaist: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3tcnjht
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I think his other books were better, though the really long #poems in this one were super good.
#books #reading #poetry

Are you like me; does playing "Diablo IV" make you hungry? Well, worry no more, there's now an official "Diablo" cookbook, which you can learn more about in this Q&A with co-author Rick Barba.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-diablo-the-official-cookbook-co-author-rick-barba/
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#RickBarba #RickBarbaInterview #RickBarbaDiabloTheOfficialCookbook #RickBarbaDiabloTheOfficialCookbookInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #DiabloIII #DiabloImmortal #DiabloIV #Diablo #cookbook #DiabloCookbook #gaming #games #VideoGames

Started reading Lydia Kang's "Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm."
https://amzn.to/40TWqLg
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Pretty interesting so far, especially in how it presents the effects of previous stories.
#books #reading #StarWars #StarWarsTheHighRepublic #SciFi #ScienceFiction

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Read M. Darusha Wehm's "Retaking Elysium: A Mars Consortium Story" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3TJjBHs
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A smart, realistic, aware, but also really interesting novella about living and working in a Martian mining colony.
#books #reading #SciFi #ScienceFiction #TheMartianJob

Started reading Matthew Zapruder's "The Pajamaist: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3tcnjht
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Am on the fence about this one so far.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Jon Evans' "Exadelic."
https://amzn.to/3PhRSd2
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While this started out as a cinematic action story, it took so many sharp left turns, and a couple rights, but I was here for all of it.
#Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Finished reading Ellen Bass' "Of Separateness & Merging: Poems."
https://amzn.to/494Gvy1
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Oh, man, this was all over the place, subject-wise, but solid throughout. Good stuff.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

While we don't know where crime, its prevention, or its investigation will go in the future, it's fun to imagine. And even more fun to read short stories by those who are really good at imagining. Here's the link to my interview with Jennifer Brozek and Cat Rambo, editors of the criminally-minded sci-fi short story anthology, “The Reinvented Detective.”
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-reinvented-detective-editors-jennifer-brozek-cat-rambo/
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#JenniferBrozek #JenniferBrozekInterview #CatRambo #CatRamboInterview #SciFi #ScienceFiction

2023 was a good year for video games.

But it was also a "good" year for bad video games.

Here's my list of "The Worst Video Games Of 2023."

https://paulsemel.com/the-worst-video-games-of-2023/
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#WorstVideoGamesOfTheYear #WorstVideoGamesOf2023 #WorstGamesOfTheYear #WorstGamesOf2023 #AtomicHeart #AceRacer #ProtodroidDeLTA #TheLordOfTheRingsGollum #SlayersXTerminalAftermathVengeanceOfTheSlayer #GothamKnights #AvatarFrontiersOfPandora #gaming #games #VideoGames

Started reading Greg Chapman's #ShortStory collection "Midnight Masquerade."
https://amzn.to/3RwFuXL
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Seems a little late to be reading a Halloween story (which is what opens this book), but it was freaky good, setting a high bar for this collection.
#books #reading #Horror #ShortStories

New year, but not a new me. Same old me.

That said, I'd like to get a new job this year. Full-time, part-time, freelance, whatever.

I can write about video games, but I think I'd like to try writing a game. Or working with other people to write a game. Baby steps.

Though if someone wants a fleshed out idea for a AAA third-person shooter with series potential...

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas, or leads, or openings, my DMs are open. (Oh, and please RT — I need all the help I can get.)

Though not as good as 2022, 2023 was still a really good year for video games. Or at least for the kind of games I like to play.

Here's my best of list for 2023.
https://paulsemel.com/the-best-video-games-of-2023/
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#BestGamesOfTheYear #BestVideoGamesOfTheYear #BestGamesOf2023 #BestVideoGamesOf2023 #gaming #games #VideoGames #HiFiRush #DeadSpace #ResidentEvil4 #MightyDoom #StarWarsJediSurvivor #DiabloIV #Starfield #HighOnLife #ForzaMotorsport #MarvelsSpiderMan2 #RoboCopRogueCity