Kent Wayne

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  • Musings

    As a writer (or any kind of artist), have some crazy ass beliefs.  You need them in order to party with hard-boiled detectives, cyborgs, killers, elves, cowboys…what have you.  That other stuff?  Those mundanities that keep people ensconced in drudge and toil?  For the writer, those mundanities are parts of a game that must be played.…

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    I’m at a secret underground base near Almagordo, New Mexico.  The scientists there are working on an Omega-tier weapon—a project that could envelop the world in fire and brimstone.  A ring of us surround two enormous, gyrating metal curves that are in actuality, a pair of tesser-folded Dyson Spheres.  They begin spinning faster and faster, erupting with…

  • Musings

    Be there for your characters; somewhere in the breadth of infinity, they’re real.  They’re not there to make you feel godlike, or to answer to whimsical demands.  They’re there for you to suffer with, to experience glory with, and I think that if they sense you’re with them, then your readers will sense that as…

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    KRAKA-THOOM K’BOOM!  Lightning streaks across the sky.  In a stark flash, that single bolt highlights our dire straits:  My loyal 10 lb. terrier Bitefighter and I have been stranded in a small dinghy at sea, and we’ve been accosted by a gang of kraken-mounted accountants.  “WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED US, KENT?” they scream at me.…

  • Echo: The Weekly Update

    Word Count, Vol.4:  67,367 Thanks to All Who Bought Echo!  And BIG THANKS to Melissa, Barbara, Ian, Lorna, [anonymous], Lisa, Meg, Matt, Bobby, F.T., Alice Smith, Leslie Coop, Richard, Shauna, Sydney, Pam, Jessica, Angela, Kiesa, Ross, Keith, and Alice for posting AMAZING reviews on Amazon!!!  Ashley too for the 5 star on Nook! News:  I…

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    I’m biking along, my 10 lb. terrier Bitefighter seated in my backpack, when suddenly the ground in front of me explodes.  Both of us sail through the air.  The last thing I see before the world goes dark is a gaggle of chihuahua eyes.  When I wake up, both Bitefighter and I are strapped onto medieval-looking…

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    The office has arranged for a mandatory trip to the local zoo, and everyone’s family is invited.  I see snotty kids jeering and hooting at the animals, who look resignedly out from their enclosed habitats.  One of the great apes stares intently at me.  Suddenly I hear a voice in my head:  “My name is…

  • Thank You Recent Echo Purchaser!!!

    Sk’boosh k’DOOSH!  Whoever that was that bought a copy of Echo Volume 3 yesterday…Thank You So Much!!!!  You have provided much needed motivation for this guy to attack the day!  Thank You!  🙂 🙂 🙂 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on…

  • Musings

    When the world is against you, you are presented with many opportunities.  Among them are self-pity and training.  Training for what, though?  More  “Toughness?”  Or  “Character?”  Given the opposition, I try to set my sights a little higher. When the world is against me, I see it as training to conquer the world.  😉

  • Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    Sand swirls around me as I share the cooked remains of our latest kill with my 10 lb. terrier Bitefighter.  It’s been years since we’ve left the soft trappings of cities and opted for the desolate wilds.  It’s been years since…MARTHA.  After creating an army of clones, Martha Stewart swept across the land like a wind-borne plague.  At…