Author Archives: James A. Miller

Trying not to be intimidated

Posted on August 18, 2010 by James A. Miller

I am currently crafting a story with the working title “Economic Robin Hood.”  It’s about a guy who is on the self appointed mission of finding people that are abusing government handouts and badgering them, (Read: Beating them up) until … Continue reading →

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TO DO I Didn’t.

Posted on August 16, 2010 by James A. Miller

I take a nap on Saturday at about 2:00 in the afternoon. Although, I guess you can’t really call it a nap when it lasts six hours. I end up staying up all night and feeling pretty worthless, partially because … Continue reading →

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Encouragement enough to send one off

Posted on August 13, 2010 by James A. Miller

I read a story in Apex magazine by Terra Le May. At the end of the story is a link to her site/blog, so I decide to check it out. I am encouraged by her as it seems she has … Continue reading →

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A Little Competition

Posted on August 12, 2010 by James A. Miller

I have started wondering how I stack up, how I compare to the rest of world writing skills wise, that is. Comparing is a tough thing to do. You know right off that you likely aren’t the best. If you … Continue reading →

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Fate Forward

Posted on August 11, 2010 by James A. Miller

Fate Forward is a story I wrote about a private investigator type guy searching for a mysterious device. It’s later discovered that the device can manipulate luck. The story goes on to reveal how this man beats the odds to … Continue reading →

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Fonzie gets rejected

Posted on August 9, 2010 by James A. Miller

On 6/29/10 I sent off a 2700 word Sci-Fi story called “Little green Fonzie” to ANALOG magazine. I had a lot of hope for this story as it was about and Alien dressed as The Fonz, that comes down to … Continue reading →

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Genesis

Posted on August 6, 2010 by James A. Miller

I have been writing for about four months now (since about May of 2010). In that time I have submitted nine short stories to various magazines with each story averaging about 4000 words. Of those, I have received back three … Continue reading →

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