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My good friend, Eric, has a new album out, "New England Noir," which includes "Cascade Shadows," a song inspired by my book, Of "Hearts and Murder" Definitely worth checking out! :)

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New England Noir, by Eric Kauschen
10 track album
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January 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I just heard from elliottbaybook.com and they are going to stock my book! Woooohoooo!

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Elliott Bay Book Company
Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles
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January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I'm on cup 3...so far.
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Geeky fun, reminiscent of demoscene coding, best experienced on desktop

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An ASCII Art playground
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January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Happy 2026 to all who celebrate!
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The massive omelettes at Beth's Cafe were inspiration for the Boxcar at Dottie's Diner. Few can summit that mountain of eggs. Huzzah, well-dressed sir!

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December 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm a little over halfway through Assassin's Quest, the third book in The Farseer Trilogy. It was slow in the beginning and it was more work to get through than I'd anticipate. Now, however, things are tightening up and I'm excited when I pick the book up! 📚💙

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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As i…
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December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Okay, wow. "Of Hearts and Murder" recently reached #1 in Cozy Culinary Mysteries on IngramSpark, and ranked #78 in Cozy Mysteries overall.

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Good News from Marion! — R. K. Benton Writes
Top 100 in Mystery, an #1 in the cozy culinary sub-genre!
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December 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Bad cold, day 3.

Feeling very congested. Lots of coughing, snortling, many, many Kleenex have given their all for me. Wah.
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Do you like Christmas? If you do, Happy Christmas Eve to you! If you don't, enjoy a peaceful day and easy driving to wherever you're going. :)
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At Elliot Bay Book Company talking to nice woman looking up my book at the Info desk. A young couple said, "We're sorry, we couldn't help overhearing. Are you an author?" Oh, my stars, my heart leapt! I kept my cool, "Why, yes I am." They seemed SO pleased and chatted with me about the book. Wow!
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm writing a five-minute spoken-word piece for a party I'm going to where everyone must perform. I *think* it's good, but won't know until I flop or fly in front of 20 of my closest friends.

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December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's extremely silly, I know, but I am ridiculously excited about this.

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The Sheep Detectives - Official Trailer (2026) Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Patrick Stewart
YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers
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December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@steveohmert.bsky.social

Reminds me of the Torus Optics days!

xkcd.com/3182
Telescope Types
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December 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey, wow, it's here!

Went into Leavenworth, WA after the wild storm last week. They are open for business and will be happy to see you, maybe even as happy as I was to see my book at A Book For All Seasons! :)

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PS: our internet is back, finally!
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stormy weather. US-2 closed in the aftermath...Leavenworth still without power...
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Geeky aside: I was once charged with moving an authentication database from ASCII to UTF-8. I did so, and I informed the grumpy customer who'd opened the ticket they were now free to log in as: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

They loved me ever after. :)
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I can't wait until I can merge my brain with an AI. I'll probably opt for the ad-supported version, because then I'm not locked in.
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
YOU GUYS! My good friend Eric put together a song for my book!

www.rkbentonwrites.com/blog/lzqsf1l...

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If you're interested, hit him up at: [email protected]
AWESOME Song for OHaM! — R. K. Benton Writes
You HAVE to hear this!
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December 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The librarians at Good Reads are really responsive and fixed a problem within hours. They pointed out that the books get imported from Amazon into their system and during that process the space gets removed from my initials. :/

BUT! Problem solved for now.

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December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I went to Lit Mic at Bushel and Bee in Leavenworth last night. That was a barrel of fun! My friend, Ed, got me press-ganged into agreeing to do a reading in January, and now my fictional fear of sudden-onset Tourette's Syndome has roared back to life!

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December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I figured out how to* custom autograph an ePub. Now, I can sign eBooks!

DM me if you're interested in the code

* using python, so slightly technical

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November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tried a new bread recipe. It was only a 12-hour rise; I think I'll cut the yeast and try to do a cold 24-hour rise next time. Nevertheless, it *was* delicious.

May all of you have bread and cheer this holiday season!
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The news report about the book in my local paper made it to the front page of the printed edition!

www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/nove...

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November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM