Kent Wayne

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  • Musings

    If you don’t have it, then discipline is everything.  Without discipline, you can’t trust yourself to enjoy things/activities, because they might become cravings. But WITH discipline…you’re free to enjoy all of life without fear, with absolute trust.

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    I’m stumbling away from a dollar theater, having lost all faith in humanity.  That’s right—I just saw “Batman V Superman.”  I feel like a giant, corn-riddled dooker just splattered right across my soul.  I walk away from the theater, my lip quivering fiercely as I hold back tears of anger and frustration.  Suddenly Zack Snyder…

  • Echo Vol.3 receives its 5th review on Amazon…and it’s FIVE FREAKIN’ STARS!!!

    DARK KNIGHT BE PRAISED!!!  The Amaze-o and Awesome Sauce Alice Smith has given Echo Volume 3 its 5th review on Amazon…and given it 5 MOTHA DUCKIN STARS!!!  And whoa upon Whoa—she ALSO gave it 5 stars on Goodreads!!  Thank You So Much Alice Smith!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on…

  • Echo Volume 2 gets its 15th Review on Amazon! FIVE FREAKIN’ STARS!!!

    Daina Bolton has graced Echo Volume 2 with its 15th review on Amazon!  She gave it FIVE MOTHA DUCKIN STARS!!!  Thank You So Much Daina—as I constantly state:  5 star review are like leaving me a $1000 tip!!!!  WHOOOOO!!!!  🙂 🙂 🙂 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle…

  • Musings

    The fascinating thing about writing is that it becomes a measure of how cleanly you can reflect humanity back on itself.  The author’s job is not to adhere to some staid routine or concept of “what’s right,” or “proper,” but to lift the spirit, light up the soul, and reiterate old archetypes and tropes so…

  • Palamades Publishing: Get your fix of poetry, ghosts, and soon…giant robots. That’s right: Giant robots motha duckas!

    I’m on a date.  I wipe my mouth with my napkin, excuse myself, and head towards the bathroom.  I walk into the men’s room, my dress shoes echoing and clopping against the tile floor.  After I do my business at the urinal, I turn around and see that I’m now hemmed in by a trio…

  • Thank You Recent Echo Purchaser!!!

    WOOHOO!!!  Big Thank You to whoever bought a copy of Echo Volume 1 yesterday!  ‘Bout to throw in my 3.5k words for today and there ain’t nothing better than having a sale motivate me while I’m plinking away!  Whoever that was…Thank You So Much!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on…

  • Musings

    IMHO, the writer’s directive is to push as close to transcendence as he/she possibly can through focused obsession or honed awareness (for practicality and health reasons, I prefer awareness to obsession), and litter his/her work with clues as to what he/she has discovered.

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    I’m at a company BBQ, wandering off to the bathroom, when the boss’s wife sneaks up behind me and puts me in a rear-naked choke, hooks sunk in and everything.  (Has anyone else noted the rise of the alpha soccer mom?  They’re exactly what you’d expect if you gave Nietschze a gajillion dollars to raise…

  • Musings

    Art is given value through the artist’s commitment—the commitment to finishing and polishing a piece so that it’s fit for public consumption.   Good ideas and premises are infinitely prevalent.  They’re given value by understanding that they’re iterated with the audience in mind, and not as self-serving reflections of the artist’s “genius.”