Kent Wayne

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  • Musings

    There’s survival benefits to conformity:  When humans were in constant danger, pack-thinking was advantageous.  But we no longer need only be reactive brutes, and IMHO, evolutionary advantage is sliding towards those out-of-the-box thinkers that rebel against tradition for comfort’s sake. That makes the Majority predictably uncomfortable, so if you have the courage to be weird, and…

  • Musings

    IMHO, the true value of being able to “write on command” is not self-expression, or wandering into the mind’s fabulous realms.  It is looking at the everyday experiences of life-what others consider mundanity and junk-and being able to reach in that “trash pile” and pull out polished riches.  As a writer, you knew that those gems…

  • Musings

    While deliberation plays a part in great endeavors, I believe that those bright flashes of inspiration are not meant to be hoarded.  Better an imperfect expression of art than one that’s constantly picked over and never expressed at all.  While hassling the details is important, it is procrastination, IMHO, that’s a far more prevalent and…

  • Musings

    It’s essential to develop structures to allocate time and resources.  It’s also necessary to purify gut instinct, for those fated moments when you have neither.

  • Echo-A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

    Oh no.  I’ve been careless:  I’m about to leave on an 11 hr flight-in coach-in the next thirty minutes.  I’ve spent the past two days chowing down on cheese burritos, raw garlic, and mounds of onions.  In desperation, I run into the airport bathroom and coat myself with Axe.  Boarding time.  As I shove through…

  • Musings

    A pristine, mirror-clear mind will see the divine truth that gave birth to lies, as well as the divine beauty that gave birth to horror.

  • Musings

    As much as I harp on about the annoyance of platitudes and cheesy phrases, it is not their substance I find annoying; it’s their use as a barrier against deeper investigation.  I’m not a fan of the vacuously spewed cliche, especially when the very thing that gives that phrase meaning is journeying into its hidden depths.  But…

  • Thank You, Recent Echo Purchaser(s)!

    HANNAH MONTANA’S HOLY BANANA!!!!  Big Thanks to the person(s) who just bought a copy of Echo Volume 1 and 2.  THANK YOU!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Buy Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle.  Both volumes on other eReaders here:  Echo on other eReaders

  • Echo, A New Purchaser!

    HAM ON RYE!  WITH PIE!  Someone just bought a copy of Echo Vol. 2 on Kindle!!!  Thank You Recent Purchaser!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Buy Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle.  Both volumes on other eReaders here:  Echo on other eReaders

  • Echo News: 4 Star Review!!! Woohoo!

    Robert Adkisson has posted a great 4 star review for Echo Volume 1!!!  Thank You Robert!!!  I agree with his constructive criticism, and I’m poring through some fiction authors as we speak (Stephen King and Marcus Sakey), to look in depth to what works, what I can get away with, and how to up the…