S. Gates

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About S. Gates
S. Gates is a humanoid creature who was born in March, 1985, and has been fascinated with words practically ever since. Currently, they live and work in the wilds of suburban Atlanta with a couple of cats and a roommate. Interests include speculative fiction, horror, and merfolk.
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Blog post(Note: This post was originally published to my personal Tumblr. I’ve made some tweaks before posting it here.)
In the past four-ish years, I’ve managed to finish and publish a couple of manuscripts (one ~44,000 words and the other ~96,000 words), which for someone who’d never finished anything longer than ~5,000 words is a really huge deal. Here are some things I realized/started practicing that helped me get to this point:
“Writer’s Block” isn’t a thing. That’s not to say that I5 years ago Read more -
Blog postSo, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I haven’t really been posting much here recently. This isn’t to say that I don’t haunt the Internet, just that I’m usually on more casual sites like Facebook and Tumblr. Since last I posted, a lot has changed for me: I have been at my current day-job for almost two years; I bought a house; we moved into said house; friends have come and gone. Perhaps the biggest thing is the state of AMIND.
When I completed the Camp NaNoWriMo in 2014, the rough draft we5 years ago Read more -
Blog postWell, after taking a day to kind of recover (both from Camp Nano and my first week at my new day-job), I just wanted to let you all know that I am stoked as heck and ready to celebrate!
First, as those of you who have been keeping up with my stats may have noticed: I successfully completed my Camp Nano challenge! I had a lot of fun and it taught me a lot about ways to improve my personal writing process, as well as what proper expectations for myself can be given different circumstanc7 years ago Read more -
Blog postSorry for being so quiet lately. Unfortunately, I’m probably not going to get much more talkative this month because I am participating in Camp NaNoWriMo! I’m using the event as a way to kick my butt into gear when it comes to finishing AMIND, and it’s been working pretty well so far. I’m finally over two-thirds of the way through and coming into the final stretch. I’m estimating that it’ll come in at around 60,000 words once all is said and done (so it will definitely be a full-length novel7 years ago Read more
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Blog postThis Fiction Friday, I figured I’d shake things up, especially since it’s a holiday weekend here in the US. Instead of talking about a print work, I want to highlight one of my favorite web-serials this week: Worm.
From the Worm site: An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find escape from a deeply unhappy and frustrated civilian life. Her first attempt at taking down a supervillain sees her mistaken for one, thrusting her into the7 years ago Read more -
Blog postPeter Murphy – Hang Up
They come on over, said the tripper to the… was the goast
Caught you real dead in, master of masters
I tell you daddy,
Don’t… to a place all full when the angels are alive
They believe in nature,
I get so fear, I get so fear,
I get so fear, I get so fear,
And you was the… and you are the Jesus the Moise the…
Yes there’s a god higher
Hang up the phone and come on over
Don’t act like that to a place when7 years ago Read more -
Blog postFrom Amazon: A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart.
Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis’s steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot.
Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a ch7 years ago Read more -
Blog postLike last week’s foray into the art of Bodies, this week contains some spoilers. The meat of the post can be found under the cut!
This image was originally slated to be the cover of the story once I’d completed it. As you can see, I finished it a little over a year before I actually finished the story itself, so I had plenty of time to reconsider. The primary reason I decided to go with a different image was because of the spoiler factor. I’ve always disliked getting half-way through7 years ago Read more -
Blog postThe Grand Experiment – Doomtree
DESSA
It begins with a flash
I know they say it ends the same
bit of skill, bit of chance
now every player guess the game
we start with these planets waltzing through the darkness
tip the axis, that one’s ours
zoom the camera in, cue lights up, dim the stars
We shape the stone
paint our pictures on the wall
we hunt alone, plant in spring
learn to harvest in the fall
and we choose a7 years ago Read more -
Blog postSince CorgiHat is out the door and things are settling down after MomoCon, I’ve had the chance to plug away at Alonso Munich Is Now Dead, and I’m eager to share a little more of the story with you all. This part takes place immediately following the first post (so I highly recommend catching up before jumping below the cut).
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It took very little time to clear out of the room, as neither of them had anything other than the items on their person. Tyler checked them out of the M7 years ago Read more
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Books By S. Gates
Bodies Are Disgusting
Dec 14, 2013
by
S. Gates
$2.99
You've woken up in the hospital with no recollection of how you got there and with a few other holes in your memory; it's not surprising, you suppose, since your ex tells you that you suffered head trauma in a collision with a drunk driver. That's not what disturbs you.
You've begun to see... things. It starts with a child who appears to you at night, whispering promises of glory and godhood. Sometimes it seems like reality shifts. Everything is a twisted parody of what it is in reality, and you know in your bones that this isn't simply a bad reaction to the painkillers. If the child who haunts you is to be believed, you're now part of a sprawling cosmic game where the prize is ultimate dominion. You are not convinced that this is a good thing.
You've begun to see... things. It starts with a child who appears to you at night, whispering promises of glory and godhood. Sometimes it seems like reality shifts. Everything is a twisted parody of what it is in reality, and you know in your bones that this isn't simply a bad reaction to the painkillers. If the child who haunts you is to be believed, you're now part of a sprawling cosmic game where the prize is ultimate dominion. You are not convinced that this is a good thing.
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