writing

5 Min Friday - The Shell Game

Open call: Free submissions, paid short stories/poems/art.

Aug 31 •

Nico Harlakenden

8:15

Pre-Order Live! (Sept 3rd release)

eBook pre-order live; Paperback & hardcover pre-order live soon.

Aug 5 •

Nico Harlakenden

Poetry is Like Music

When you're too poor for an instrument

Jul 22 •

Nico Harlakenden

5 Minute Friday - Capricorn Full Moon & Anaretic Degrees in a Brave New World

Crisis-of-Fate Degree & Transformation

Jul 20 •

Nico Harlakenden

7:14

Recessioncore, Predatory Small Talk, Action + Change

Mars/Uranus conjunction (in Taurus, sheesh)

Jul 15 •

Nico Harlakenden

5 Minute Friday - Theory of Control

And what our capacity for change says about us

Jun 28 •

Nico Harlakenden

5:02

Theme ≠ Tarot Card

Nobody wants to sit and read 500 pages describing a vignette

Jun 24 •

Nico Harlakenden

Nobody Likes Prologues

So I'm going to rip mine out and share it here instead.

Jun 9 •

Nico Harlakenden

Loose in the Wild

Beta Readers selected for Cupbearer, Swordbearer

Jan 15 •

Nico Harlakenden

Hook, Line, & Sinker

(Pun very much intended; It's a nautical tale)

Jan 8 •

Nico Harlakenden

Happy New Year & About my book...

How about a lil summary?

Jan 5 •

Nico Harlakenden

5 Minute Friday - November's OVER!

Here's what happened:

Dec 1, 2023 •

Nico Harlakenden

5:37

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