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J.D. Byrne

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in Charleston, WV, The United States
November 10, 1973

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JD Byrne was born and raised around Charleston, West Virginia, before spending seven years in Morgantown getting degrees in history and law from West Virginia University. He's practiced law for more than 20 years, writing briefs where he has to stick to real facts and real law. In his fiction, he gets to make up the facts, take or leave the law, and let his imagination run wild. He lives outside Charleston with his wife and the two cutest tiny dogs the world has ever seen. ...more

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J.D. Byrne Accept that it happens, but try not to get bogged down by it. Work through it, just like anything else.
J.D. Byrne Dealing with the unexpected. Regardless of what kind of story I'm writing I eventually come to a point where I have to put in something - a new charac…moreDealing with the unexpected. Regardless of what kind of story I'm writing I eventually come to a point where I have to put in something - a new character, a new situation - that I hadn't had in mind when I started. It's fun to see where it goes!(less)
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It’s that time of the year again. Even though National Novel Writing Month is officially dead, I still think of November as a month to lay other things aside and focus on writing, so that’s what I’m going to do. Things will be silent for a while around here as I, hopefully, make some progress on a couple of projects.


First will be a short story for the third volume of Old Bones, the journal of the

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