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JACK OF DIAMONDS (opens the original)
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I sat down at my desk a while ago, only to wake up and realize I still had to put this out. Oh well, at least I remembered to say:THIS IS PAYWALLED!JACK OF DIAMONDS is a supported publication—that means they paid at least $5…for the year! Why don’t you support my work? Consider becoming a subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="emai
Live with Ben Woestenburg (opens the original)
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THE MEASURE OF GRIEF (opens the original)
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I want you to know that things are moving along swimmingly, as they say. I’ve finished novella #2 and in the process of going through edits at the moment. It’s a time consuming process, but I don’t mind it too much. I’ve also started working on novella #3, (tentatively titled: A LIGHT FOR GODS AND MEN), but I’ve only got about 700 words. I’m still trying to sort the story out in my head. A lot of what happens in The Iliad doesn’t happen until way later in the cycle of stories I’m writing. I mean
the dawn patrol (opens the original)
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Welcome to THROWBACK THURSDAY. This is one of the first long stories I wrote that ended up becoming a novella. I didn’t set out to write it as a novella, it just found its own way there. At the time I had something like 250 subscribers. It was back before we had Notes and Followers, and people found you when you posted a story and sent it out into the Big Void. I had decided that I was going to read it out because I liked the challenge of doing it. They didn’t have the video app on here as well,
JACK OF DIAMONDS (opens the original)
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As you know, this is Paywalled.I like to tell my readers that right from the get-go. I hate it when I read something and then find out that it’s paywalled. It’s a short piece—a filler, I guess you’d call it—just so you know where we are in the story.And what a story it is.There’s action, mystery, and sex. Not all at the same time, but enough to keep you on your toes. So let’s get into it shall we?No time like the present…Oh yes, and by the way, don’t forget to look into buying my ebooks: TRILOGY
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