T.J. Manrique
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Am I writing for a 1960’s audience?
Am I writing for the 1960s/1970s audience? My Science fiction novels tend to be stand-alone military science fiction novels, mostly having to do with an invasion. I asked for recommendations of a book in that genre and sub-genre and found that there were none as a stand-alone novel. There are plenty of series, but noContinue reading “Am I writing for a 1960’s audience?”

Hello 2021!
Can you believe it? We made it. We survived 2020! It was so long ago, and yet it feels like it all happened just last week. Oh, wait. 2020 was last week. I’d love to have a motivating, elegant, erudite quote to describe 2020. I don’t. I do have one, though. It comes from “DeepContinue reading “Hello 2021!”

2020, we are about to say goodbye
Well, that’s a wrap. Man, this year was tough. 2020, you were not what I expected. I had a lot of stress, personal loss, and a lot to do this year. I finished two novels, but could not publish either of them. I had three novels professionally edited (finished one in 2019). I learned, theContinue reading “2020, we are about to say goodbye”
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