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The Desire for Power

Posted on September 21, 2016

in Helius Legacy, Return of Sir Percival

by S. Alexander O'Keefe

The desire for power, as in the power to control and subjugate other human beings, has been a constant throughout human history. The means people use to obtain power, and to retain it once they have acquired it, are as unlimited as they are often...

Word-by-word, paragraph-by-paragraph: The unique burden of the author

Posted on July 28, 2012

in Uncategorized

by altadmin

As I sit here, slogging through page after page of my next book, I have come to a realization. For me, conceptualizing the story and the characters is not the most difficult task. I know story, in substantial measure, from start to finish (and in...