Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.
Follow to get new release updates, special offers (including promotional offers), and improved recommendations.
About Aiki Flinthart
Customers Also Bought Items By
Are you an author?
Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.
Author Updates
-
-
Blog postA few months on and I'm still - surprisingly to me - still here. Current medications are holding the melanoma metastatic tumours in abeyance - temporarily. Problem is, when I ask how long the meds will keep working, the medical profession can only give me 'we don't know' as an answer. Somewhere between 6months and maybe a year is their best guess.
So what does one do? Well, I've spent a week or so binge-watching a bunch of shows people kept recommending. But now the tumours are givin -
Blog post
Wow. This one’s tricky and will be the last post.
When I was younger, I experienced a couple of instances where I was genuinely worried that I might be either killed or violently injured. That was, in fact, a large reason why I took up martial arts.
Now, unfortunately, I’m staring down the barrel of a potentially slower death. I’ve recently been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma/cancer. Yes, we’ve tried all the options and nothing has -
Blog postI don’t claim to be an expert in mental health by any means. All I can give you is my perspective on the things that have affected me over the years and hope it helps you in some way.
These last couple of months have been… challenging. For reasons I’m not yet prepared to go into.
But it has made me think about what I’ve learned over the years from doing martial arts and from writing, and from all the other things I’ve done through my life.
I -
-
Blog postThis month has been all about passing on what I know. Mostly at work because I’m trying to step back. And it made me realise that passing on knowledge is a survival skill. On an evolutionary level it helps our offspring to survive, and on a personal level it helps us to survive.
How? We’re a troupe/tribal animal. We need other humans to help us survive on a physical level. So the more people who know the important information about hunting, gathering, maki -
Blog postLife has a habit of interfering with our creative passions. Work gets in the way of writing, family gets in the way, even cleaning gets in the way.
But it's funny how a life-threatening situation focuses your priorities like nothing else.
As a martial artist, one of the most crucial things you must do is decide your priorities. Both BEFORE you ever get into a threatening situation, and WHILE you're in it. These are actually two different mindsets. Before you're bailed u -
Blog postLet's face it, people are both incomprehensible and fairly predictable. It's a maddening dichotomy that causes much angst. We (unconsciously) expect people to think and behave as we would, then are astonished, blindsided, and often angry when they don't.
One of the most important things you can have as a martial artist and as a writer is the ability to put yourself into someone else's head. (Not literally - unless, perhaps, you're a horror writer doing hands-on research. Ew!.) -
Blog postThe last week or so has been tiring - especially for an introvert. A people-y writers conference (great, but tiring), christmas parties etc. So at one point I had to just stop and listen to my body and say 'Nope, staying home today.'
In martial arts, learning to control and listen to your body, then adapt your skills to suit is crucial. A dojo might teach a technique the same way to everyone, but that doesn't mean it will work for you the way it works for the guy next to you. -
Blog postI've spent the last month or so being utterly unable to write anything. Not because of writer's block, but because of Too Many Things To Do. We all go through times like that. It's not the end of your writing career, but you might need to take a step back and reassess your goals and priorities.
There are a couple of useful concepts in martial arts that translate directly to writing and help with this. You may have heard of them.
The first is Mo -
Blog postHaven't done one of these in a while. Life got a little crazy. I forgot to stop and just be; just breathe.
We all live insanely busy lives. Apparently 'busy' is the new black. It's easy to forget to centre yourself.
In Aikido one of the key concepts is breath control. Breathing in to prepare for a throw or lock. Breathing out when you throw someone or put a lock on. Regulating the flow of breath so you're not gasping for air because of exertion and adrenalin. Some branches of Aikido -
Blog postThere are weeks when I look at my To Do list and just giggle hysterically, knowing there's no way I can get through it all. The urge is strong to just give up and not bother. If I gave up some things, life would be so much easier. SO much easier.
But there's a kind of sheer bloodymindedness that comes into play. Both for martial arts and for writing. Neither of them are easy. Both will deal painful injuries to either body or heart.
Titles By Aiki Flinthart
Relics, Wrecks and Ruins
Jan 31, 2021
by
Aiki Flinthart,
Neil Gaiman,
Ken Liu,
Robert Silverberg,
Garth Nix,
Juliet Marillier,
Mary Robinette Kowal,
Alison Goodman,
Jasper Fforde,
David Farland
$12.99
Other Formats:
Paperback
by
Black Hare Press,
D Kershaw,
Aiki Flinthart,
Alanah Andrews,
Alexander Pyles,
Austin P. Sheehan,
C.L. Williams,
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer,
Crystal L. Kirkham,
D.K. Spencer,
David Bowmore,
Dawn DeBraal,
Eddie D. Moore,
Eric Labrie Giles,
G. Allen Wilbanks,
Gabriella Balcom,
J.D. Bell,
Jefferson Retallack,
Joel R. Hunt,
John H. Dromey,
Pamela Jeffs,
Peter Larsen,
R.J. Hunt,
Raven Corinn Carluk,
Rich Rurshell,
Shawn M. Klimek,
Shelly Jarvis,
Sinister Sweetheart,
Stephen Coghlan,
Stephen Herczeg,
Stuart Conover,
Terry Miller,
Umair Mirxa,
Vonnie Winslow Crist,
Zoey Xolton,
Brian Koukol,
Emily Fluckiger,
J.J. Steinfeld,
Jacob Baugher ,
Joshua D. Taylor,
Adam Bennett,
Alanna Robertson-Webb,
Diane Arrelle,
Freddy Iryss,
Joe Buckley,
Peter J. Foote,
Stuart West,
Susanne Thomas,
Virginia Carraway Stark,
Alison McBain,
Andrew Anderson,
Beth W. Patterson,
Brandy Bonifas,
Brian Rosenberger,
Carole de Monclin,
Cheryl Lawson,
Chitra Gopalakrishnan,
D.M. Burdett,
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt ,
Isabella Fox,
Joachim Heijndermans,
Jodi Jensen,
Jonathan Inbody,
Matthew M. Montelione,
Michael Crow,
Minette Fisher,
Rickey Rivers Jr.,
Rowanne S. Carberry,
S. Gepp,
T.L. Barrett,
A.S. Charly,
Adam S. Furman,
Aditya Deshmukh,
Alicia Flood,
Allen Ashley,
Allen Stroud,
Archit Joshi,
Becky Benishek,
Blair Daniels,
Bob Adder,
Bryan Calligan,
C.H. Williams,
Cameron Marcoux,
Cindy O'Quinn,
Copper Rose,
Danny Bagley,
Elizabeth Montague,
Eric S. Fomley,
Gerard Pepin,
Graham Robert Scott,
Grant Hinton,
Gregg Cunningham,
Hari Navarro,
J. Farrington,
J. Lee Strickland,
J.U. Menon,
J.W. Garrett,
Jack Wolfe Frost,
Julie Durbin,
K. R. Monin,
K.W. Taylor,
Karen Dent,
Kelly A. Harmon,
Kent Swarts,
Liam Hogan,
Lynne Lumsden Green,
M.K. Cadigan,
Marcus Cook,
Matt Lucas,
Melanie Harding-Shaw,
Michael D. Lackey,
Morgan Chalfant,
Nancie Neal,
Nancy Brewka-Clark,
Nerisha Kemraj,
Okala Elesia,
Owen Morgan,
R.A. Goli,
Rachel Miller,
Rennie St. James,
Richard G. Taylor,
Russell Hemmell ,
S. John Davis,
Sam M. Phillips,
Sarah Peffer,
Thomas Sturgeon Jr.,
Tim Hawken,
Ximena Escobar
$2.99
by
Black Hare Press,
D Kershaw,
A.R Johnston,
Aiki Flinthart,
Alanna Robertson-Webb,
Alexander Pyles,
Austin P. Sheehan,
Beth W. Patterson,
Brian Rosenberger,
C.L. Williams,
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer,
Crystal L. Kirkham,
David Bowmore,
Dawn DeBraal,
E.L. Giles,
Eddie D. Moore,
G. Allen Wilbanks,
Gabriella Balcom,
Gregg Cunningham,
J. Farrington,
J.D. Bell,
J.M. Meyer,
Jefferson Retallack,
Joel R. Hunt,
John H. Dromey,
Matthew M. Montelione,
Pamela Jeffs,
Patrick Winters,
Raven Corinn Carluk,
Rowanne S.Carberry,
Shawn M. Klimek,
Shelly Jarvis,
Sinister Sweetheart,
Stephen Herczeg,
Stuart Conover,
Terry Miller,
Umair Mirxa,
Vonnie Winslow Crist,
Zoey Xolton,
Jem McCusker,
Jensen Reed,
K.T. Tate,
R.G. Halstead,
Ximena Escobar,
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,
Henry L. Herz,
Jacek Wilkos,
John Saxton,
Jonathan Inbody,
Joshua D. Taylor,
Martin Eastland,
Rich Rurshell,
Andrew Anderson,
Brandy Bonifas,
Carole de Monclin,
Charlotte O’Farrell,
D.M. Burdett,
Glenn R. Wilson,
Graham Robert Scott,
Kyle Harrison,
Melissa Neubert,
Michael D. Lackey,
Neen Cohen,
Nerisha Kemraj,
Olivia Arieti,
S. Gepp,
A.L. King,
A.S. Charly,
Adam S. Furman,
Aditya Deshmukh,
Andreas Hort,
Chitra Gopalakrishnan,
Cindy O'Quinn,
Claire Wilson,
Daniel Braithwaite,
Denny E. Marshall,
Derek Dunn,
Dusty Davis,
Elizabeth Montague,
George Nikolopoulos,
Greg Fewer,
Hari Navarro,
Holly Saiki,
J. Rohr,
J.M. Ames,
J.U. Menon,
J.W. Garrett,
Jacob Baugher,
Jill Hand,
Jo Seysener,
Jodi Jensen,
K.R. Monin,
Kaustubh Nadkarni,
Kelly A. Harmon,
Kevin Hopson,
Liam Hogan,
Lydia F. Black,
Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway,
Lynne Lumsden Green,
Michael Balletti,
Michael Crow,
Morgan Chalfant,
Nicole Little,
Oleg Hasanov,
Paul Warmerdam,
Peter J. Foote,
R.A. Goli,
R.J. Meldrum,
Rennie St. James,
Rickey Rivers Jr. ,
Roxanne Dent,
Sam M. Phillips,
Scott Hughes,
Serena Jayne,
Simon Clarke,
Stephen Smith,
Steven Holding,
T.A. Sola,
Thomas Sturgeon Jr.,
Vickie J. Litten
$2.99
by
Black Hare Press,
A.R. Johnston,
A.S. Charly,
Adam Bennett,
Adam S. Furman,
Aditya Deshmukh,
Aiki Flinthart,
Alanah Andrews,
Alanna Robertson-Webb,
Alexander Pyles,
Alice Lam,
Allen Ashley,
Andreas Hort,
Andrew Anderson,
Anika Claire,
Austin P. Sheehan,
Becky Benishek,
Beth W. Patterson,
Brandy Bonifas,
Brian Rosenberger,
C.H. Williams,
C.L. Williams,
Carole de Monclin,
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer,
Chitra Gopalakrishnan,
Cindy O'Quinn,
Crystal L. Kirkham,
D.J. Elton,
D.M. Burdett,
David Bowmore,
Dawn DeBraal,
Derek Dunn,
Destiny Eve Pifer,
E.L. Giles,
Eddie D. Moore,
G. Allen Wilbanks,
Gabriella Balcom,
George Nikolopoulos,
Gregg Cunningham,
Hari Navarro,
Harsh Ramchandani,
Helen Power,
Henry Herz,
J. Farrington,
J.D. Bell,
J.W. Garrett,
Jacek Wilkos,
Jack Wolfe Frost,
Jacob Baugher,
Jefferson Retallack,
Jem McCusker,
Jimmy Zarecky,
Jo Seysener,
Jodi Jensen,
Joel R. Hunt,
John H. Dromey,
John K. Webb,
Jonathan Inbody,
K.R. Monin,
K.T. Tate,
Karen Simpson Nikakis,
Kelly A. Harmon,
Kevin Hopson,
Kyle Harrison,
Liam Hogan,
Lynne Lumsden Green,
Martin Eastland,
Matt Lucas,
Matthew M. Montelione,
Matthew Wallace,
Melissa Neubert,
Michael Balletti,
Michael Crow,
Michael Kellichner,
Morgan Chalfant,
Nerisha Kemraj,
Olivia Arieti,
Pamela Jeffs,
Patrick Winters,
Peter J. Foote,
Phil Dyer,
R.A. Goli,
R.G. Halstead,
Raven Corinn Carluk,
Rennie St. James,
Rich Rurshell,
Rickey Rivers Jr,
R.J. Hunt,
Rowanne S. Carberry,
Roxanne Dent,
Russell Hemmell,
Sam M. Phillips,
Shawn M. Klimek,
Shelly Jarvis,
Simon Clarke,
Sinister Sweetheart,
Stacey Jaine McIntosh,
Stephanie Scissom,
Stephen Herczeg,
Stephen Oram,
Stew Brown,
Stuart Conover,
Terry Miller,
Umair Mirxa,
Virginia Carraway Stark,
Vonnie Winslow Crist,
Wendy Roberts,
Will Shadbolt,
William J. Joel,
Wondra Vanian,
Ximena Escobar,
Zoey Xolton,
Preveena Sivakumar,
D Kershaw
$2.99
by
Black Hare Press,
A.L. King,
A.L. Paradiso,
A.R. Dean,
A.S. Charly,
Adam S. Furman ,
Aditya Deshmukh,
Andreas Hort,
Angela Zimmerman,
Archit Joshi,
Austin P. Sheehan,
Becky Benishek,
Caitlin Mazur ,
D.J. Elton,
D.M. Burdett,
David Shakes,
Donna Cuttress,
Eric Lewis,
Glenn R. Wilson,
Hari Navarro ,
Henry Herz,
Hunter LaCross,
J.U. Menon,
J.W. Garrett,
Jack Wolfe Frost,
Joachim Heijndermans,
John Saxton,
K.S. Nikakis,
Karen Heslop,
Kaustubh Nadkarni,
Kevin Hopson,
Liam Hogan,
Mark Mackey,
Matt Booth,
Matt Lucas,
Matthew Wilson ,
Nancy Brewka-Clark,
Nicole Little,
Olivia Arieti,
Paul Warmerdam ,
R.A. Goli,
Rich Rurshell,
Rickey Rivers Jr.,
Sam M. Phillips ,
Sara L. Uckelman,
Stevie Adler,
Sue Marie St. Lee,
Tim Boiteau,
Tracy Davidson,
Wendy Roberts,
Will Shadbolt,
Amber M. Simpson,
Belinda Brady ,
Brandy Bonifas,
Brian Rosenberger,
C.L. Steele,
Cameron Marcoux,
Cecilia Dockins,
Derek Dunn,
Jacek Wilkos,
James Turnbow,
Jasmine Jarvis,
Jason Holden,
Joshua D. Taylor,
Matthew M. Montelione,
Melissa Neubert,
Neen Cohen,
Nerisha Kemraj ,
Peter J. Foote,
Phil Dyer,
R.J. Meldrum,
Rennie St. James,
Carole de Monclin,
Rhiannon Bird,
Stephanie Scissom,
Steven Holding,
Ximena Escobar,
Andrew Anderson,
Chitra Gopalakrishnan,
Gabriella Balcom,
Isabella Fox,
J.M. Meyer,
Jacob Baugher,
Jodi Jensen,
Jonathan Ficke,
Lynne Lumsden Green,
Monica Schultz,
Nicola Currie,
Patrick Winters,
Annie Percik,
Beth W. Patterson,
Blake Jessop,
Chris Bannor,
Gregg Cunningham,
J. Farrington,
Jo Seysener,
K.T. Tate,
R.J. Hunt,
Rowanne S. Carberry,
S. John Davis,
A.R. Johnston,
Aiki Flinthart,
Alanna Robertson-Webb,
Alexander Pyles,
C.L. Williams,
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer,
Cindar Harrell,
Crystal L. Kirkham,
David Bowmore,
Dawn DeBraal,
E.L. Giles,
Eddie D. Moore,
Elizabeth Montague,
G. Allen Wilbanks,
Jefferson Retallack,
Jem McCusker,
Joel R. Hunt,
John H. Dromey,
Jonathan Inbody,
Pamela Jeffs,
Raven Corinn Carluk,
Shawn M. Klimek,
Shelly Jarvis,
Sinister Sweetheart,
Stephen Herczeg,
Stuart Conover,
Terry Miller,
Umair Mirxa,
Vonnie Winslow Crist,
Zoey Xolton,
D Kershaw
$2.99
by
Black Hare Press,
A.L. King,
A.S. Charly,
Angela Zimmerman,
Archit Joshi,
Bob Adder,
Brandi Hicks,
Copper Rose,
D.M. Burdett,
Destiny Eve Pifer,
Diana Grove,
Erik Goldsmith,
Galina Trefil,
Greg Thomas,
Hari Navarro,
J.B. Wocoski,
J.W. Garrett,
Jacek Wilkos,
James Pyles,
Jasmine Jarvis,
Kent Swarts,
Laura Hughes,
Liam Hogan,
Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway,
Lynne Lumsden Green,
Mark Kodama,
Mason Harold Hilden,
Maxine Churchman,
Neen Cohen,
Paul Warmerdam,
Paula R.C. Readman,
Radar DeBoard,
Rennie St. James,
Richard G. Taylor,
Roxanne Dent,
Scott Wheelock,
Sean Martin,
Serena Jayne,
Simon Clarke,
Terri A. Arnold,
Tracy Davidson,
Wendy Roberts,
Brandy Bonifas,
C.L. Steele,
Claire Count,
Glenn R. Wilson,
Isabella Fox,
J.A. Hammer,
Jodi Jensen,
Kelli Pizarro,
Kelly A. Harmon,
Olivia Arieti,
Peter J. Foote,
Rich Rurshell,
Sue Marie St. Lee,
Wondra Vanian,
A.R. Dean,
Amber M. Simpson,
Annie Percik,
Brian Rosenberger,
Cameron Marcoux,
Chris Bannor,
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,
J.M. Meyer,
Marcus Cook,
Mark Mackey,
Nerisha Kemraj,
Rhiannon Bird,
Rowanne S. Carberry,
Sam M. Phillips,
Steven Lord,
Virginia Carraway Stark,
Alanna Robertson-Webb,
Ann Christine Tabaka,
D.J. Elton,
Gregg Cunningham,
Jonathan Inbody,
Michael D. Davis,
A.R. Johnston,
Abi Linhardt,
Aditya Deshmukh,
Aiki Flinthart,
Alexander Pyles,
Andrew Anderson,
Beth W. Patterson,
C.L. Williams,
Carole de Monclin,
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer,
Charlotte O'Farrell,
Cindar Harrell,
Crystal L. Kirkham,
David Bowmore,
Dawn DeBraal,
E.L. Giles,
Eddie D. Moore,
G. Allen Wilbanks,
Gabriella Balcom,
J. Farrington,
Jacob Baugher,
Jason Holden,
Jefferson Retallack,
Jo Seysener,
Joel R. Hunt,
John H. Dromey,
Martin Eastland,
Nicola Currie,
Pamela Jeffs,
Raven Corinn Carluk,
Shawn M. Klimek,
Shelly Jarvis,
Sinister Sweetheart,
Stephen Herczeg,
Stuart Conover,
Susanne Thomas,
Terry Miller,
Umair Mirxa,
Vonnie Winslow Crist,
Ximena Escobar,
Zoey Xolton,
D Kershaw
$2.99
