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Dustin Bilyk

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in Lloydminster, Canada

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Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction

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Joe Abercrombie, Stephen King, J.R.R Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, Charle ...more

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Growing up in small-town Canada with not a whole lot on the go, my love of reading fantasy came at a very young age. I was through my tenth reading of Tolkien before most kids were putting down their Goosebumps, and the addiction never really stopped.

As for my writing, I have been somewhat of a closet writer for a good ten or so years, writing diaries, terrible poems (so so bad), and short fiction and then stashing it away where no one could find it. No one ever did, and I was grateful, and still am, because most of it is truly terrible.

But that allowed me to grow as a writer, mature and get better, and ever since I came out of my writing closet a few years back, I believe a whole new stage of growth has begun - one where I am inviting crit ...more

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	Tournament of Hearts (The Librarian Gladiator, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	On The Lam by August J. Esquire (Goodreads Author), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Guardian Stones: Lake Point Series Book 1 by Peter Redmond (Goodreads Author), Michael Landon (Illustrator), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	But What if I Die?: Love, Life, Sex & Chicken Salt Fries by Brigitte Nieberl, Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Codex of Tyler Grayson: Creatures Among Us by Richard Gibbard (Goodreads Author), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Whispering One: Lake Point Series Book 3 by Peter Redmond (Goodreads Author), Michael Landon (Illustrator), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Lake Point Deeps: Lake Point Series Book 2 by Peter Redmond (Goodreads Author), Michael Landon (Illustrator), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	PROOF: Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Two by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author), Elle Andrews Patt (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Two (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection) Book 2) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author), Elle Andrews Patt (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Like I have mentioned in past blog posts, it took me ten years of writing and collecting rejection letters to get to level I am today. And even so I’m still working and still climbing. Always working and always writing to improve my craft. The bad part about going through those ten years is obvious, ev

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