Author: mikerimar

And here’s another…

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I’m going to CAN*CON in Ottawa this year as a vendor. Decided it might be a good idea if I had books to sell and I thought, “Hey, I got a bunch of previously published short stories. Why not put a book together? And so I did. THEN I thought, “Hey, you still got a…

INTRODUCING MY LATEST COLLECTION!

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I’m going to CAN*CON in Ottawa this year as a vendor. Decided it might be a good idea if I had books to sell and I thought, “Hey, I got a bunch of previously published short stories. Why not put a book together. And so I did…

I mean, it’s not wrong…

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Googled my book, Hound of the Arcanum on the off chance there might be a review. No review, but this is what Google AI said about it:   “Hound of the Arcanum” is a steampunk fantasy novel by Mike Rimar, published in 2024, which follows an agent named Alistair Dunhill who can “smell” magic and…

Still Here…

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Haven’t forgotten about this whole blogging thing. Just working on a big secret project. I mean big! Big! BIG! Also working on actual real-life work. Like to pay the bills and stuff. Adulting is hard.

Something Cool Happened to Me Today.

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End of the day at work and I’m handing in my paperwork. The dispatcher is the fill-in guy because the regular guy is off. Without warning he says, “Hey, is it true you’re an author.” Usually at this point my eyes narrow with suspicion. Truckers are a wary bunch. Instead I answer with a resounding….

I’m really not good at this

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This is why I hate blogging. I just spent 20 minutes beginning with why I dislike social media, segued into a brief history of Facebook which morphed into a mini-rant about Elon Musk. Halfway through that I was like, WTF am I doing? So, now I’m out of time. I guess you’ll find out later.

Oh, Look. Another Post

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What shall we talk about today? I mentioned I have a book out. It’s called Hound of the Arcanum and frankly, I think it’s pretty good. It’s not ground breaking literature, but it is entertaining. It’s alternative history fantasy with a touch of steampunk, but more than that, it’s an adventure. The kind you used…

Blogging

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Never liked doing it. Some are good at it. Not me. Writing reams on some topic or another. Having to do the research to make sure it all jives. THEN going over what you wrote. I’ve already edited this thing like 10 times. Still, I have this page. Have had it for quite a long…