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Imaginarium Con 2018

This October 5-7, A. A. Sekhon will be at the Imadjinn Book Fair and Expo — part of the Imaginarium Convention 2018 — at the Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center in Louisville, Kentucky! Sekhon will sell and autograph Assumptions books, posters, and stickers!

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JekyllCon 2018

Look for my Assumptions Etc shop at this year’s Jekyll Comic Con/Hyde Horror Alley, December 8-9, at the Jekyll Island, Georgia (USA) Convention Center! I’ll be selling my book and associated merchandise as well as sundry steampunk items, and will be happy to autograph anything sold!

http://www.jekyllislandcomicon.com/

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A. A. Sekhon will be in Victorian costume at the Farmers’ Market at 5/3 Pavilion, 251 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday, August 11, from 9 a.m. to noon to autograph and sell copies of Assumptions and related merchandise.

Sekhon’s first published book, Assumptions is a Victorian-style, character-driven, mystery/thriller novella.

This event is part of the Homegrown Authors series, which is supported by the Carnegie Center and Brier Books of Lexington, Kentucky.

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^From PenPeaches’ tumblr. She’s an amazing artist with a special talent for portraying personality visually!

Characters Henry Edwards and Dick Falstaff from the Victorian novella, Assumptions (Amazon link) 

Commissioned by the author @aasekhon

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Assumptions cover!

https://assumptionsbook.wordpress.com/

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Character art for Assumptions: Dick -- a well-connected manipulator!

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Character art for Assumptions: Henry -- the heart of the tale!

https://assumptionsbook.wordpress.com/

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Book release!

Assumptions, my novella, will be released 28 February. Part mystery, part thriller, and very character-driven, its events take place in late Victorian London, from 1886-87. If you’re a fan of Victoriana, literary fiction, steampunk, psychological fiction, or just love a good story, please give it a go!

It’s available for pre-order at the publisher’s website, http://www.rowanvalebooks.com/book/assumptions, as well as on Amazon UK, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Assumptions-Sekhon/dp/1911569538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517579095&sr=8-1&keywords=assumptions+a.a.+sekhon. (Don’t let Amazon’s “out of stock” fool you--Assumptions is there.)

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. And then the murders began.

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A very good cause!

Let’s help fight mental illness with SCIENCE!!

2016 has been a rough year! And it’s been even rougher on folks who are already struggling with mental illness. That’s why, this Saturday, I am hosting a  live draw-and-chat session to benefit the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, which funds scientific research on many mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD. I’ll be drawing your requests and raising money for charity on twitch.tv!

Here’s how it works!!

–Early bird: The first three people to make a donation will receive a free sketch!

–After that, I will enter all donors into a raffle and try to get through as many sketches as possible in the next three hours (or until my hand gives out!)

–Those who donate a little more (50$ or more) are guaranteed a sketch even if I don’t get to it that night!

The livestream will be here (but there’ not much to see there right now!)

Please join me! I would love to see you there!

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I know the feeling!

*thinking of tragic backstory for your OCs*

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There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.

J.R.R. Tolkien (via lifeofquotations)

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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

Mark Twain (via psych2go)

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You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Ernest Hemingway (via werewolfie)

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We Will Rise

We quiver like ash in the wind, But like a phoenix we will rise. We will burn with outrage and pain, With sorrow and compassion, With hope for a new dawn, And passion for change. We will not be doused. We will not burn out. We will soar despite the waves, And despite the wind, And despite the pain. We will soar and find great heights, New perspective, Joy on the horizon. On fiery wings of determination, We will rise. (via rynras)

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Excellent (& free!) resource for London historical maps, arranged in chronological order:

http://mapco.net/london.htm

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It is quite the trend.

Can all these Victorian male protags just stop tryna come up with weird forms of self-replication or male reproduction

Like seriously we’ve got cloning, transfusion, reincarnation, vivisection, aesthetic duplication, personality splitting, and dabbling in galvanism