Stephen Brooke

The first section (of four) and 19,190 words completed of The Complete Breath. Ended up a little longer than anticipated, which is unusual for me.

How an unexpected hurricane showed up in my #novel stephenbrookeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/matt...

The physical appearance of Qu'orthseth and other demons of its world was actually inspired by the Michelin Man. Qu'orthseth has appeared in three of my #fantasy novels as sidekick and bodyguard (but it would protest if you referred to it as a 'servant') of the wizard Im (who calls it 'Cory').

weekly book deal at Arachis Press arachispress.blogspot.com/2026/10/deal...

Dance God sings in each of us however differently we dance. And if we tread on one another’s toes some times, it’s no great deal. The music will go on. Stephen Brooke ©2026 #poetry #dance

Finally pulled the trigger on moving away from all Meta platforms. The last of my FaceBook presence should be only a memory by the end of the year.

#temptation #christian

What I'm up to, author-wise, at the moment. stephenbrookeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/book...

a #sijo of passing time #poetry

Do they prefer to let their kids be run over?

Laissez-faire capitalists ruined the #libertarian name for the rest of us.

A new report reveals that the U.S. Postal Service is threatening the integrity of mail-in voting in rural areas. trib.al/E2B2mmB

I continue removing certain undesirable sites and companies from my digital life: Evil farleagueranger.wordpress.com/2026/10/23/e...

Sick of paying subscription fees to all the major tech companies for software you don’t even enjoy using? Now’s the perfect time to hunt down alternatives. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...

Twitter went first then I dropped Amazon will Meta be soon? Stephen Brooke ©2026 #senryu sort of

#WritersCoffeeClub 21/10: How do you make your works approachable? I don't. I want you to work at it. 😉

I did a little research (always a good idea) and found a truly major hurricane, Matthew, was bearing down on Florida's Atlantic coast when I was intending to send my protagonists there on a weekend jaunt. I either need to work the storm in somehow or reschedule their vacation!

Composer-violinist Mark O'Connor talks #AI and #music markoconnorblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/ai-m...

I put summer away, neatly folded, and lay out winter. It does not seem too frayed for one year more of use. Stephen Brooke ©2026 sorta-kinda tanka-esque #poetry

Accomplishments #poetry #poem started out as light verse but put on a little weight as I went along

The Last Hurricane That’s it for another hurricane; how many it makes, I don’t know. I quit keeping count quite some years ago. I hope that’s it for the season, but I’m sure old Neptune could throw another one (or two!) into the Gulf of Mexico. Stephen Brooke ©2026 #poetry #hurricane

Come Forth #poetry #monsters

I suspect I'll sleep on the couch in the studio tomorrow night when the #hurricane passes. It's sturdier than the house.

Misunderstand #poetry

The Dog God #poetry #dogs

What Bird Calls #poetry somewhat in the shape of a #sijo

Deadman Bay #songlyric #poem farleagueranger.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/d...

I suppose this could be labeled cowboy #poetry An older piece with a new graphic

Flat, a #poem #poetry

Once you had a good excuse, you opened the door to bad excuses. ~ Terry Pratchett (‘Thud’)

One thing I particularly like about a first person point of view is that one can put all sorts of crackpot theories and explanations (not to mention odd opinions) in the narrator's mouth and the reader needn't mistake them for 'the truth.'

I made sure to make some mention of this technology in my #timetravel #neanderthal #novel 'When Man Was Young.' www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

a somewhat silly #song from a while back, I Used to be a Libertarian

Asanas, a #novel of #Florida from Stephen Brooke and Arachis Press Available in print or as free ebooks at arachispress.com #yoga

my new favorite monospaced drafting font Monaspace farleagueranger.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/m...

We should call #ebikes mopeds like we did sixty years ago. The concept is the same, just the motor has changed. I included a Solex moped in my Women in the Sun novels (written as Sienna Santerre), remembering one of my classmates in Sixties Naples had one. Noisy, with a decidedly minimalist design!

Saw Grass Day, a #song from a few years back about where I grew up #florida #everglades

Those of us who are a bit older remember when Richard Nixon wanted fanciful #uniforms too and put the White House guard in them. His were more Banana Republic than Starship Trooper.

Like the trolls of Discworld, I think my IQ goes down as the temperature goes up.

I've never intentionally used AI and continue to avoid so doing. It's too much like speaking with a person, which I also avoid.

in the dark I sing only for myself but the night listens Stephen Brooke ©2026 #poetry

our literate ancestors Literacy farleagueranger.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/l...

As writers, some things we are told are wrong are simply out of style. And some, of course, are wrong.

I switched back at the time 'Gulf of America' was announced

A seasonal #poem possibly for a children's book, should I write any more of them

I am inclined to see those who enjoyed their school years as suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

as ever, I have opinions about things #ai #design farleagueranger.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/o...

each gyroscope must topple in the end ~ wobble on for now Stephen Brooke ©2026 #poetry #senryu

'telling stories' ... was worse than lying; it was trying to make lies interesting. ~ Terry Pratchett (‘The Truth’)

All the actors I imagined in roles in my first #novels are now too old for the parts.