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Zara Day
Jan 162 min read
16 Jan, 2025: On the topic of complacency
It is said that consistency and staying on course is a virtue. Cowards say this. One who subscribes to the sentiment of staying true...
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Zara Day
Jan 71 min read
7 Jan, 2025: Columbian Updates
One of the worst things about setting a goal for the year is that feeling if you can't do it. I gave myself a goal to finish a book every...
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Zara Day
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Never Sleep, Never Real
I'm looking up into the loving, scared eyes of Helen as she fusses with a ribbon around my neck. Sweet, naive Helen. I'm hamming up my...
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Zara Day
Jul 8, 20242 min read
8 Jul, 2024: Short stories and other stories
A blog post less than a week after the last? I'm unstoppable. Really, though, I just wanted to talk about a couple of things that...
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Zara Day
Jul 8, 20249 min read
Free Drifter from Hilwei (Chapter 1)
I – Sweet Dreams  It was near impossible for Linda’s lungs to acclimate to the freezing sensation of Ortera’s thin atmosphere. It took...
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Zara Day
Jul 6, 20249 min read
The Neapolitan Heist (Chapters 1 and 2)
Thursday, April 6th, 1995 Night One I One knows no fear like a loaded gun aimed straight at one’s face. This is a sensation few living...
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Zara Day
Jul 6, 202416 min read
The London Murders (Chapters 1 and half of 2)
Saturday, May 13th, 1995 Day One I Who knew that one phone call had the potential to excite an entire city overnight? Not the emergency...
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Zara Day
Jul 2, 202421 min read
Highlighting Mundanity
Waiting to get judged for your life on Earth is boring, which makes sense when you consider I’ve been here for six centuries and some...
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Zara Day
Jul 2, 20242 min read
2 Jul, 2024: Highlighting Mundanity
I just finished my first short story, a companion piece to my latest novel, Free Drifter. It was my way of dealing with the negative...
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Zara Day
May 14, 20242 min read
14 May, 2024: Publisher Emailed Me, But I'm Declining
This afternoon, I found an email in my inbox from Olympia, the group I talked about earlier this month. They have stated their interest...
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Zara Day
May 1, 20242 min read
1 May, 2024: I Submitted Free Drifter to a Publisher
A few days ago, I submitted my finished manuscript to Olympia Publishers, an independent publishing house that allowed me to submit it...
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