Grace Blair is an award-winning indie author of historical fantasy and science fiction. Her novels, including Einstein’s Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure and Poseidon’s Atlantis Adventure: The Human Hybrid Experiment.
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By Grace Allison Blair, Author Many writers carry their dream quietly. They’ve held it since childhood or their teenage years—an idea, a story, a world that lives vividly inside them—but life keeps interrupting. Careers, responsibilities, self-doubt, and the persistent question: Am I really a writer? I don’
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National Science Fiction Day always brings me back to the question—the one that opens hidden doors in the imagination: What if?
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The Unexpected Origin of Poseidon’s Atlantis Adventure
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Here at Modern Mystic Media, we explore the quiet intersections where myth, science, and inner knowing meet.
Every writer I know wears many hats — creator, dreamer, researcher, juggler of deadlines… and sometimes even miracle worker! This week, I’m excited to share an uplifting article from freelance writer Cheryl Conklin, who explores the gentle shift from “writer for hire” to authorpreneur — a creative professional with structure, stability,
Long before Albert Einstein became a man whose ideas would bend space and time, he was a quiet six-year-old boy in Munich—curious, observant, and shy. His father Hermann and uncle Jakob, innovators at J. Einstein & Cie., were busy installing the new miracle of the era: electric light. One
When I was developing the world of Einstein’s Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure, I reached a point where young Albert Einstein—a curious, brilliant, big-spirited hero—needed an antagonist worthy of him. Not just a villain, but a presence with the same mythic weight as the mystical compass
When I first began writing Einstein’s Compass, I wondered: What object could carry the heart of young Albert Einstein’s journey? In my research, I found a small but powerful detail hidden in the story of his childhood. When Albert was about six years old, his father gave him
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The Soul Origins of Young Albert Einstein When I first began imagining young Albert Einstein, I didn’t want to write about the genius everyone already knows. I wanted to find the boy behind the theories—the curious, awkward dreamer trying to make sense of a world that often didn’
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First off, I’ll say this: I never feel like I’m writing alone anymore. ChatGPT has become my creative partner. When I’m drafting novels, it helps me brainstorm plot twists, refine character dialogue, or polish a scene so it sparkles. If I describe that Poseidon should sound like
Germany's Big Party - Oktoberfest Author Insight: Munich celebrates the marriage of King Ludwig and Princess Luise which happened in 1894, every October with a sixteen-day party called Oktoberfest. Albert's father and uncle had just installed the first electric light bulbs in the tents for the
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