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Raymond F. Masters

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I am a budding writer, avid comic fan, husband, and a father – not in that order, of course.

My inspirations in writing are drawn from what I read, watch, hear, and observe of the “real” world. I come from a loving home and married a great woman. That alone makes me wonder if I’ll ever make it as a great writer. I don’t think you can come from stable environs like that.

What do I read? Mainly comics. I’ve read over 6,000 of them to date. Also, I enjoy Star Trek, Stephen King, novels based on comic characters, Greg Rucka’s Atticus Kodiak series, some Grisham, and Secret World Chronicles. Yes, I realize the latter is an audiobook, but I still count it. I catch myself analyzing words and sentence structures in audiobooks the same as I do a prose...more I am a budding writer, avid comic fan, husband, and a father – not in that order, of course.

My inspirations in writing are drawn from what I read, watch, hear, and observe of the “real” world. I come from a loving home and married a great woman. That alone makes me wonder if I’ll ever make it as a great writer. I don’t think you can come from stable environs like that.

What do I read? Mainly comics. I’ve read over 6,000 of them to date. Also, I enjoy Star Trek, Stephen King, novels based on comic characters, Greg Rucka’s Atticus Kodiak series, some Grisham, and Secret World Chronicles. Yes, I realize the latter is an audiobook, but I still count it. I catch myself analyzing words and sentence structures in audiobooks the same as I do a prose work, or even a comic book.

Teachers. I cannot say enough about how great an influence teachers have been on me. In fourth grade, I had a teacher give me a coke as a reward from turning a simple story exorcise into an involved poem. It was a turkey poem – the animal, not the country. She shared it with another teacher who attempted to get me published in some kiddie magazine. I didn’t make it, and thus, I received my first rejection. *sigh* Fast forward to my junior year of high school, where I took a couple of college courses at the vocational college in town. Ronnie Thompson in Freshman Comp I wrote at the top of three or four papers that I could be a writer. That’s something I’d like to thank him for someday. Though, to be honest, I’d also like to see if he put that at the top of some of my classmates papers. Hmm, maybe he should’ve just given me a coke.

Currently, I have several irons in the fire. I’m a contributor to Wired.com’s GeekDad.com blog. I’m also a slushpile reader and publicist for Dark Quest Books. I’ve had 2 short comics accepted for publication from Incubator Press and Viper Comics. Plus, I’m always coming up with new ideas and trying to find anyone skewed enough to publish my novel(s).

I have one short story called Dangerous Hunts: A Zombie Father’s Day Tale that came out in June. But, my biggie is my debut novel that I just released at the end of December 2011. It’s called Forging Truth. Check it out. You’ll like it.(less)

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	Forging Truth 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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May 17, 2013 07:38pm

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"So glad you enjoyed it, Scott! It was awesome getting to talk to you, today. Hope you enjoy Forging Truth, too.

Raymond "

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" I liked the story and I liked the characters. Even though I am not a step father I can still relate to trying to have a close relationship with a teenage son. Even though my son and I are closer than most parental relationships sometimes we can st... "
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Paths of Disharmony (Star Trek: Typhon Pack, #4)
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Oct 06, 2012 11:19am · beat his score

Raymond Masters said "yes" to attending the event: Gentry Publishing -- Now Accepting Admissions

date: August 27, 2012 02:49AM
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description: I am pleased to announce to all of my GoodReads.com friends that there is a new publishing company available to all. It will be launching the full website this winter. We have opened our submissions for fiction only as of this moment. Please keep us in mind for when you are looking for a new publisher for that book you are writing! Any questions email or call us! We're here to help!

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