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Rick Waugh

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🇨🇦 A writer of fantasy series: The Eternal Muse 🎼 The Gods of Chaos 🧝‍♀️ Humor, romance, magic, adventure. rickwaughauthor.com/links

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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 12/07/2026
Episode 7 of Mischief's Journey is up on Substack. Link in b1o. #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 14/06/2026
You’d think someone who can dance her way past carnivorous plants would fear nothing. But even the strongest have their hidden nightmares. Can Sarah, unafraid of monsters or gods, crush her demons, and accept something new? #fantasybooks rickwaughauthor.substack.com/p/mischiefs-...
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Mischief's Journey 5 — The High Priestess Part 2
You’d think someone who can dance her way past carnivorous plants would fear nothing. But even the strongest have their hidden nightmares. Can Sarah, unafraid of monsters or gods, crush her demons, an...
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 29/05/2026
#fantasybooks Rogue God, Book 1 of the Gods of Chaos, is free on all platforms. L1nk in b1o.
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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If you love historical fiction and want a chance to win some great books, join us this Thursday at 4pm Pacific! Tickets are free! 📚💙 adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
A flyer for virtual book bingo featuring six authors. Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4pm Pacific.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 27/05/2026
Excellent article by Jane Friedman on some of the issues the publishing industry faces around writers using AI. janefriedman.com/imho-writing...
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Writing & Publishing Awards Have Difficult Decisions to Make Regarding AI | Jane Friedman
Publishing professionals have a responsibility to learn about AI—not to use it, but to effectively deal with its consequences in their work.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 27/05/2026
A few thoughts on success as an artist. #writinglife
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 24/05/2026
The gods want Sarah. An angel calls her. The villagers need her. But…she doesn’t want any of them. She was content and safely ignored in her little cabin in the silence of the forest. Until the world broke, and the woods filled with monsters. #fantasybooks Serialized story on Substack. Check my bio.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 22/05/2026
My review of Swordheart, by T. Kingfisher. #fantasybooks #bookreviews
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 11/05/2026
Another killer day in Vancouver, out on the Pitt Meadows dikes. Great cloud formation between the mountains. #vancouver
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 10/05/2026
A voice in a dream. A walk in a nightmare forest. An angel, who wants to talk. To the…mage? What exactly is a mage? Oliver is about to find out. Free fantasy on my substack. rickwaughauthor.substack.com/p/journey-th...
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Mischief's Journey — The Magician Part 2
A voice in a dream. A walk in a nightmare forest. An angel, who wants to talk. To the…mage? What exactly is a mage? Oliver is about to find out.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 29/04/2026
Vancouver is full of ornamental cherry trees, so beautiful for just a short while in Spring. We have a pink dogwood, also beautiful, and better, the flowers last a lot longer. #vancouver
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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New interview out today with @boldoutlaw.bsky.social! We talk Disney foxes, medieval kings, and how I based my Sheriff of Nottingham on a real person:
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Amy S. Kaufman - Interviews in Sherwood
Interview with Amy S. Kaufman, author of the historical fiction novel The Traitor of Sherwood Forest (about a peasant girl Jane Crowe meeting Robin Hood) and co-author of the non-fiction book The Devi...
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 27/04/2026
Reading a cozy fantasy, one doing extremely well on Amazon. Indie. Excellent ratings. A bunch of typos, missing words. There may be some unhappy reviews, don’t know, but you can’t tell me readers care much about typos seeing this. Seems an entertaining story is just a little more important.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 26/04/2026
Mischief has crushed the world by releasing a massive dose of chaos magic from the Universal Court. Given an ultimatum by Mother to fix it or face obliteration, she heads out to see how bad everything is. Spoiler alert: it’s very bad. Link in bio. Free to read on Substack. #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 18/04/2026
Substack! I've finally succumbed to the call. I'm publishing my serialized novel, The Skin of the World: Mischief's Journey. Episodes will come twice a month, and episode 1 is up. Epic(ish) fantasy, lots of humor, some fun world building. L1nk in b1o. What do you do when you’ve broken the world?
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 18/04/2026
If you really love acoustic music where people can actually sing perfect harmonies, play their instruments and write great songs…I’m With Her’s new live album, that just dropped, is amazing. #imwithher #acousticmusic
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 11/04/2026
Free Fantasy books! Lots of free fantasy books, with, oddly enough, one of mine in there. #freebooks #fantasy. freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/foundfamilyf...
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Family Isn't Always Blood
Searching for your next favorite story? In broken worlds, family is who stands beside you. Discover clean fantasy and dystopian stories filled with loyalty, trust, and found family.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 09/04/2026
Goodbye, old Kindle. Bought in 2013, first generation paperwhite, my faithful reading companion since. Only piece of tech I’ve had that’s lasted near that long. Amazon sent an email saying I’ll no longer be able to download books to it. 🥺 New one on the way. It’s been grand, pw. #books #ereaders
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 08/04/2026
For me, there’s no better writing moment than the “aha” moment, when some plot point, some motivation, a way to complete an arc, suddenly pops to mind. I can get high on that for a good long while. #writinglife #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 30/03/2026
I played a lot of golf when I was younger. I do a lot of archery now. I really don’t know which is more aggravating, and at the same time perfectly zenlike. I’m leaning archery. Besides, when the zombie swarm comes…I’ll be ready…. 😉
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 25/03/2026
Hadn’t planned on writing a synopsis for Extravagant Magic; last time I tried trad, no one wanted one. This time, the first agent I’m looking at does. Sigh. Half way done, feels dry, as always. One of those jobs that feels like I need 6 cups of coffee and a boot in the a$$ to get started. 🫠
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 18/03/2026
So weird…not doing any promos right now. This book, Rogue God, is free, the first in the series. It dribbles along at one or two downloads a day. And today, by noon, 240 copies. This happened once before, and I don’t know why. Nothing on any other platforms. But thank you, download gods. #fantasy
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 14/03/2026
More free fantasy books! 59 titles this month, that you can get by signing up for author’s newsletters. Including one of mine, of course. #freefantasy freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/magicfantasy...
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Magic as Metaphor in Fantasy and Science Fiction!
Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 11/03/2026
Ucluelet on the outer coast of Vancouver Island is a beautiful place to visit. But thanks goodness we brought our rain gear. Having a nice afternoon now chilling by the fire, watching it pour.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 07/03/2026
I do love Nathan Pyle’s sense of humor. And if you’re a lover of words….
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 07/03/2026
Got tired of the grey tufts. What do you think?
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 04/03/2026
The author, the cover, the first page. Fun stuff. #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 02/03/2026
This was a whole lot of fun. Ruckus Baroque, a concert put on by Vancouver Early Music Society. A combo of English Country Dances by Sancho, and Handel, all played with huge verve, and a deep joy. Described as the rock band of early music, and, yes…. #earlymusic #vancouver
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 23/02/2026
Sometimes you look back on old pictures, and they really do bring memories of times and places that were, still are, amazing. This is our daughters, walking ahead of us on Mackenzie Beach in Tofino, British Columbia. Love this place, especially in winter when it's quiet and cool.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 19/02/2026
#fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 17/02/2026
Nothing quite like carefully measuring where the new shelf is going on your freshly painted wall, drilling a support hole, and then realizing that you didn’t measure quite carefully enough. 🤬
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 16/02/2026
In case you’ve never heard of Hildegard Von Blingen, and you like fantasy/medieval music, or just love a lovely voice…this is pretty darn fine. youtu.be/EGkV6JttDFs
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Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover)
YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin'
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 15/02/2026
If you’re a fantasy writer, and every wondered how folks with modern technology might extract iron from ore, this was fascinating. Unfortunately, only in Chinese for English only speakers, but it’s pretty cool. youtu.be/7l3nQO92p_Y #fantasy
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Ancient Ironmaking Technique: The Process of Extracting Pig Iron from Iron Ore
YouTube video by 鲁磊 LuLei
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 14/02/2026
Looking for a little epic fantasy, not spicy, with a touch of romance and humor? #fantasybooks #freebooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 13/02/2026
We went to the Vancouver Opera last night, a performance of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. It was fun, and funny. We go to a lot of classical concerts, mostly early music, but this was my first opera. Still processing, not sure about going to another, but glad we did. #opera #mozart
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 13/02/2026
At the Queen Elizabeth theatre in Vancouver. And, yes, Henri. #creativelife
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 11/02/2026
Had some fun and recorded Strange Game, the title song to Slough Horses, the Apple TV series that Mick Jagger wrote and performed. Me on bg vocals, guitars and bass, Tony Horlor on lead vocal and drums, Terry Lawson on fiddle. on.soundcloud.com/7PVhOtsYzLjJ...
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Strange Game
Mick Jagger, Daniel Pemberton © 2022, Polydor Records/Universal Music Musicians: Tony Horlor - lead vocal, drums; Rick Waugh - harmony vocal, guitar, bass; Terry Lawson - fiddle.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 09/02/2026
A minstrel whose music is corrupted by heretical magic. A tavern full of people who just wanted an ale, dinner, and a little music... #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 07/02/2026
Looking for some fantasy to read? Well, have I got a deal for you…. #fantasybooks #fantasyseries #freebooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 07/02/2026
We’ve gone totally minimalist with window coverings. What do you think? Price was excellent.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 06/02/2026
The immense pile of ‘stuff’ we took out of our china cabinet to move it for the painters. Most of this never gets used. My generation (boomer) got a lot of this from parents, and bought more, why, we’re not sure. Our children have told us they don’t want it.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 05/02/2026
The Fraser River on a beautiful February day. One of our favourite walks, and favourite views. #vancouver #mapleridge
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 04/02/2026
The inside of the house is being painted, it needed it. It’s weird to have the pictures off the walls, the furniture moved into the floor, stuff piled all over. Kind of disturbing, actually. OTOH, we’re getting rid of stuff as well, so, yay, decluttering.
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 02/02/2026
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 31/01/2026
You know, as an author, this could be a strategy…. #authorlife
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 30/01/2026
It’s a rainy day in Vancouver, and Wasabi says, “Just turn out the lights, please? I need to go back to sleep.” #cats
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 29/01/2026
From Rogue God, book 1 of the Gods of Chaos. Link to the complete series in my bio: #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 28/01/2026
I went to high school in the 70s, and as a musician, all I wanted to play was progressive/classic rock. Tried to make a living. Then disco hit, and almost all live clubs here were gone in six months. Classic rock was out. And that is the reality of art as a living, in a nutshell. #creativelife
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 27/01/2026
Well, I finally managed to create my new youtube banner, after much messing around. One can never have too much ready made promo stuff. Two complete series in the bag. #fantasybooks
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Rick Waugh @rickwaughauthor.com · 27/01/2026
Trying to see what other fantasy writers are doing on YouTube, as it’s another avenue for promotion. What I found was people telling everyone else how to write and market books. I’m not entirely sure anyone is actually marketing fiction. If you know someone, or are someone…let me know. #fantasybooks
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