mark a. rayner https://markarayner.com/ science fiction, satire & sundry monkeyjoys Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Favorite reads of 2025 – my book is on the Toronto Star’s list! https://markarayner.com/favorite-reads-of-2025/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:19:09 +0000 https://markarayner.com/?p=12302 Just before Christmas, The Toronto Star published a list of their twenty favorite fiction reads of 2025. The Gates of Polished Horn was included! The…

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]]> How Acting Class Made Me a Better Writer https://markarayner.com/how-acting-class-made-me-a-better-writer/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:15:37 +0000 https://markarayner.com/?p=12245 Let’s start by admitting I was never really any good in my acting class. At university I took an arts degree with a heavy dose…

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]]> Exeunt, Pursued By a Bear: When Stage Fright Bites https://markarayner.com/stage-fright-memories/ Wed, 28 May 2025 14:21:09 +0000 https://markarayner.com/?p=12239 Okay, strap yourself in for a harrowing tale of stage fright. Imagine, gentles, we are back in the author’s undergraduate days, and his required history…

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]]> Ten spurious facts about Victoria Day and the Queen it’s named after https://markarayner.com/ten-spurious-facts-about-victoria-day/ https://markarayner.com/ten-spurious-facts-about-victoria-day/#comments Sun, 18 May 2025 13:12:00 +0000 http://markarayner.com/blog/?p=1834 Yay, it’s Victoria Day�a well-deserved long weekend holiday. For those of you who don’t live in Canada, in many provinces we celebrate the birthday of…

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