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andrewjhallman
Dec 9, 2024
Early reader reactions to Silk Maidens! Huntsville (Newsletter #13)
A brief video discussing a couple of early reader reactions to The Silk Maidens--and Vialle in particular; the sluggish performance of my...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 26, 2024
One month = 1 novel. 5 videos. 42 subs. 62 hours of watch time. Thank you, Richmond!
It's been a great month in Richmond--I can't believe this is my fourth and final update video from this lovely city. It's been a...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 24, 2024
This Dark Fantasy Will Haunt Your Dreams: Robert Irwin's The Arabian Nightmare
In this video we take a look at the 1983 cult classic The Arabian Nightmare , a dark, dreamy, Arabian Nights-inspired fantasy by British...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 18, 2024
If a 21-year-old Elon Musk wrote a HORROR novel...
Click below for an illustrated book tour of Vathek , the 1786 pioneering Arabian Nights-style Gothic horror novel by William Beckford—who...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 18, 2024
"There are two things I can control" (Newsletter #10)
A big week! Wednesday I sent a draft of The Silk Maidens out to a handful of beta readers, and I'm really looking forward to hearing what...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 11, 2024
I was wrong... about the election (Newsletter #9) Richmond, VA
Brief update from lovely James River Park in Richmond, Virginia, including my Election Day prediction, and post-mortem. Spoiler alert: I...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 10, 2024
The Greatest Illustrated Fantasy You've Never Heard Of: William Timlin's The Ship that Sailed to Mars
Click here for the Aisle of Misfit Books YouTube virtual book tour: Today I want to share with you a little-known fantasy, from 1923: The...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 10, 2024
William Blake’s best illustrated book was never intended for publication, and remained virtually unknown until 1972
Click for the YouTube virtual book tour: Books from the Aisle: William Blake’s fantastic illustrations for Thomas Gray’s Poems, 1797...
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andrewjhallman
Nov 4, 2024
Silk Maidens is... too long?! (Newsletter #8)
Spoilers--yes, it is too long. By about 30,000 words. I may look distressed in the thumbnail, but not to worry, I have a plan! And plenty...
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andrewjhallman
Oct 29, 2024
Challenge... Complete!
Finished a revised draft of The Silk Maidens at 11:00 Thursday evening, 10.24.24, the day of my challenge deadline. Despite the big push,...
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andrewjhallman
Oct 21, 2024
Newsletter #6--Only 4 days remain!
Day 7 on the 11 Day to a Draft Challenge--it's going well--from the Appalachian Trail, on Peter's Mountain just north of Harrisburg,...
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andrewjhallman
Oct 14, 2024
Newsletter #5--Challenge: 11 Days to a Draft! 10.13.24
Update video from Charlottesville, VA and Harrisburg, PA during a travel week. Despite the travel days, still managed to make good...
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andrewjhallman
Oct 7, 2024
Newsletter #4--Aisle of Misfit Books Launches! 10.06.24
Update from the Spanish Moss Trail, a 10-mile rails-to-trails conversion in Beaufort, SC, near Hilton Head, where I've been staying with...
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andrewjhallman
Sep 30, 2024
Newsletter #3--Driven out of Greenville!
Helene swept through Greenville and the surrounding area leaving a trail of destruction, downed trees, flooding, and power outages. After...
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andrewjhallman
Sep 23, 2024
Newsletter #2, 9.22.24--Greenville, South Carolina
Linking to a video I recorded on Sunday, 9.22.24 and posted to YouTube as my weekly update. It was a hot one! Viewers may be subjected to...
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andrewjhallman
Sep 17, 2024
Newsletter #1, 9.15.24--Greenville, South Carolina
Instead of a text-heavy post, I'm linking to a video I recorded on Sunday, 9.15.24 and posted to YouTube. Aiming for regular Sunday...
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andrewjhallman
Feb 5, 2023
It Was the Blurst of Times: AI Writes a Novel
https://youtu.be/no_elVGGgW8 It’s one of my favorite jokes, from an early episode of The Simpsons: Mr. Burns shows Homer a room where the...
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andrewjhallman
Oct 3, 2022
Why I Won't Be Watching Any More Welcome to Wrexham
I have been a soccer fan since the days of “Soccer Made in Germany,” when the only professional soccer available on TV was PBS’s weekly...
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andrewjhallman
Mar 23, 2022
The Inspiration for AMBA
This was an idea that I’d had rattling around in notebooks and on old 3-1/2” floppy disks (remember those?) for at least two decades, so...
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andrewjhallman
Feb 25, 2022
AMBA cover!
Wolfpack Publishing/Rough Edges has sent me the final ebook cover for AMBA, and I'm so happy with it!
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