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Jack LaFountain I was saved by my dog refusing to walk a trail I wanted to follow. Saved from what? Ah, there's the rub!
Jack LaFountain I think we are all living in one. It began like this:
"And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Jack LaFountain Aristotle's Ethics, The Passage, The Odessey, Between Flesh and Steel, Atticus, Don Quixote.
Jack LaFountain Take a break, relax, listen to music, drink some wine, and trust the answer will come. Patience pays off.
Jack LaFountain The god-like power to create worlds and people, bending them to your will and manipulating everything. Evil laugh.
Jack LaFountain There are three things I would tell would-be writers. First, never give up...not on writing and not on whatever you are working on. Second, no writing is wasted. Those unused brainstorms are alive with ideas, phrases, and situations that are like money in the bank. Finally, never fear to show your work in public. It is like being naked, but slightly less embarrassing...go for it.
Jack LaFountain I am currently working on a supernatural romance provisionally title, Lady on the Edge. There's love, hate, and ghosts...what more could you want?
Jack LaFountain I have always been a storyteller...although some would say I've always been a liar. I suppose there's not a great difference between the two, except that now people pay me to tell them.
Jack LaFountain My most recent book is Hatchlings and the title came about because of a reader asking how I hatched ideas for my stories. The fourteen stories in the book were indeed hatched in my imagination.

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