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This is the same story you will find in the original book, "The Autumn Prince," a first person walk through the life of Thomas Corwen as he discovers new and terrible powers within him.This new version will represent a few changes to make it more readable, more befitting an epic length journey with a large ensemble. Point of view will shift between characters, interludes will lengthen, plots will deepen, and the story overall will become tighter, with less down time.I'm also breaking each book into three, at least for now. It will help the pacing and flow of each individual act, making the stories more episodic and hopefully easier to absorb. I hope to correct SOME of what makes AP a difficult read, but it's still going to be a long story about mundane people thrust into an extraordinary life, with the same challenges, hardships, and relationships.…

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How do you cope with learning that your mother was murdered before you were born, your father is a fairy hitman, and you wield the power to raise an army of devoted love slaves... except you haven't the least idea how to control it? Tom Corwen's disability had driven him to excel, and in his first year as a grad student at Berkshire-Avery University, he gains the respect of his professors, a girlfriend way out of his league, and something close to a normal life. After meeting a perplexing stranger with a cryptic message about his mother, Tom and those close to him are trapped in a cold war between impossible kingdoms and marked for death by the world's most powerful Fae.----------------------------------------------------------The Autumn Prince is book 1 of The Meridian Covenant, a four-part adult series.It is being written live online, so please follow for news, updates, and changes."A unique and heartwarming read..." ~ Ferrus Hooves Workshop"All my favorite genres set in an epic world..." ~ Llewellyn James (BR)"The world is subtle and complex. It's easy to mistake it for the real one." ~ Sean Collins (ED)"The book is perfection..." ~ Books Got Talent 2021Royal Throne Awards: Second Place Adventure/FantasyThe Autumn Awards: Honorable Mention#Thegoldendandelionawards#fairies #fantasy #mature-----------------------------------------------------------…

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After a brief reprieve, Thomas Corwen finds himself hunted once more, when Mab, the mad Queen of the Winter Court, makes it her mission to find and capture him for her own nefarious purposes.After defeating his father, renegade Fae have flocked to Tom as a symbol of independence from the courts. As he struggles to take on the responsibilities of a leader while juggling a complicated personal life, the Mistress of Air and Darkness launches a campaign to steal his power in a bid to tear open the Veil and return to her home... an act that could rend the very foundations of the cosmos.…

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When the aspirations of corporate lords demand a sacrifice, a salvaged bit of technology and a spoiled starlet put Livy Harper in the crosshairs. Now, racing against time, rent-a-cops, and every feral gang in the dust belt, Livy must face off against a corrupt system, armed with personal trauma, a shotgun, and a schizophrenic AI, beneath the watchful, authoritarian eye of the Grid.…

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Existing is easy, living is hard.Ever since college she struggled to find her place in the world, working 40 hours at a dead end job just to pay the bills, unable to choose a direction for her life. After a night at the club with friends, the decision is abruptly made for her. Torn from her best friend, Aspen Shaw is forced to navigate a world of harsh realities, where every person she meets is a threat, and trust comes at a price she can't afford to pay. When a mysterious elk leads her to a sword destined to save the world of Aeryth, she unwillingly teams up with a rough cut bandit and a delinquent wind witch to deliver it across leagues of enemy territory into the hands of a true hero, with the promise of rescuing her friend and returning home.…

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This is my journal. It's not private, and it's not really a journal, but it's where I'm going to write crap I want to write when I want to write it. Come along if you want, or not. It's my IDGAF space. Just don't steal my stuff and I won't have to hurt you.…

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With her bestie and an enigmatic boy in tow, Sunny Summers uncovers a secret hidden in her hometown that could change the world forever... and it's up to her and her friends to stop it.Sunshine is a prequel to a pending series, Delphi Crossing, that chronicles strange events in a small town that has somehow captured the interest of powerful people, including an amoral conglomerate, a secret society with questionable motives, a conspiracy involving ancient civilizations, and a janitor named Gerald.----------This story is a work in progress and currently on hold, but it's in the queue and will be finished in due time. Please follow for updates.…

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On a warm winter evening, Sunny Summers receives a mysterious invitation from an even more mysterious stranger. Drawn in by a puzzle and trapped inside an Opera house, she hunts for a purpose to the strange event while trying to please its enigmatic judges.---------A Shut Up And Write Club challenge…

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People will tell you writing is hard. That's a load of crap. Anyone with a pencil can scrawl a line of graphite across a page and call themselves a writer. Does that mean anyone can be an author? No. Only people who are willing to sacrifice their time and energy will cross the line that transforms an adjective (writing) into a noun (author).What's so effing hard about it? Joining one word to the next in such a way that it draws the reader through your story, evokes their primal emotions, and leaves them satisfied is a process not unlike walking on freshly scattered Legos. The necessary skill takes practice, time, effort, persistence, and a set of standards that reaches beyond the scope of your average layperson. The effort shakes your ego like a dog with a chew toy. It's the curse and the glory of the writer.In the beginning, every story is bad and stupid and the first part of improving it is recognizing how far you still have to go. That's the deepest, darkest secret to nailing down this writing stuff: knowing when it sucks, and sticking with it until it doesn't.Will you find solutions within these pages?No.I am not a brilliant author who can give you a step-by-step plan to improve your skill, but if you want to learn to write with competence and you're trying to figure out how to start I can set you on the path. I know this because I'm on it too. I know it's the right one because my standards are growing faster than my skill. Step inside for a very candid, very blunt look at becoming a better writer, and I promise you, I virtually guarantee, that you will improve at least a little, and all you have to do is invest the time it takes to consider my words and intelligently apply them.…

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Now that we've dispensed with the basics, I thought I'd share some of the advice I've been given, and have given in return, on writing stories that people actually want to read. In these pages we'll endeavor to answer questions like:- How do you come up with ideas for a story?- How do you know whether or not your idea sucks?- How do you start writing regardless?- Why do people read your crap?- How do you influence the mind of an audience you've never met?- What is a lizard brain and how can I exploit it for personal gain?- Who the heck do I think I am, anyway?…