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Historical Fiction Quote of the Week

By ACF | Published: February 18, 2010
“He let Pompey go and you let him live? The man should be made an example of.” “Any other man, certainly. But those two … They found my stolen standard; now they survive a wreck that drowned an army and find Pompey Magnus on a beach. They have powerful gods on their side, and I will [...]
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 4

By ACF | Published: February 10, 2010
I’ve never been a particular fan of spring, but this year I’m going to make an exception. Photo © ACF
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Dear Body:

By ACF | Published: February 9, 2010
I apologize for wanting to clear over two feet of snow from on and around my car in a single day. I hope we can be friends again. (signed) Mind Photo © ACF
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 3

By ACF | Published: December 18, 2009
Even after all these years, I still want to live on Moonbase Alpha.
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Clockwork Lessons, No. 3

By ACF | Published: November 25, 2009
Photo © ACF
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 2

By ACF | Published: October 4, 2009
If I had to give one piece of writing advice, it would be that you should eradicate all one-word paragraphs from your writing, especially: Silence.
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Opposite-a-Freud

By ACF | Published: October 4, 2009
The German word “Schadenfreude” means to take pleasure in the misfortune of others. I wanted to know if there was a word that meant its opposite. I wondered if there was an opposite-a-freude. (Well, “freude” means “joy” in German so that doesn’t work, so let’s go with opposite-a-Freud, which has its own interesting connotations — [...]
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October

By ACF | Published: October 1, 2009
Last year, at the end of October, or maybe it was November, I saw a line of landscapers using leaf blowers to push a huge pile of fallen leaves before them. It looked like they were sweeping away the season. I thought, Please don’t take my autumn away. Now that the clock has come round again, [...]
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 1

By ACF | Published: September 27, 2009
I consider it a Buddhist koan to say … If you insist that I tell you only what you want to hear, I will have to lie to you, and I do not lie.
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Pirate Quote of the Week: Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day Edition

By ACF | Published: September 19, 2009
“In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages and hard labour; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power …. No, a merry life and a short one shall be my motto.” – Attributed to Bartholomew Roberts, 1682–1722 Photo © ACF, taken on Privateer Day
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