James of Darkwood wants vengeance on those who have wronged him. He has tracked his quarry to a small farming town in the Eastlands, not knowing that a greater evil lurks nearby.
The second volume of the
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I've known lots of folks who started novels (or screenplays, memoirs, or nonfiction book). As you can imagine from my over-arching missions here, not many of them finish. They all had passion, great ideas, and all the necessary skills to write something... Anything....
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You've got an idea for a novel, I know that. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. And it's going to be big. It's going to be Harry Potter all over again. It's going to be Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, and The DaVinci Code all rolled into one. You're going to be an...
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So I recently gave my first trigger warning to someone interested in Taken in the Dark of Night. For context, this was a writer I've spoken to on Twitter who expressed interest in supporting my work by buying a copy of the book. I was flattered and pleased to have at...
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