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J.N. Chaney

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Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert A. Heinlein

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April 2015


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J.N. Chaney Hey Len,

I will eventually have a section on the site for concept art. I haven't posted it yet because we are building a collection of them.

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Hey Len,

I will eventually have a section on the site for concept art. I haven't posted it yet because we are building a collection of them.

As for Backyard, Terry Maggert and I developed the idea after a discussion on the first stories we'd ever written. It just so happened, coincidentally, that each story had been about someone finding a starship in a field behind their home. Can you believe that? I was 15 when I wrote mine. I think Terry was around 16. When we realized this, we decided there must be something to it and went ahead and wrote the book you see now. (less)
J.N. Chaney I'd love to revisit the series again in the future. Perhaps once my current series, Renegade Star, is over :)…moreI'd love to revisit the series again in the future. Perhaps once my current series, Renegade Star, is over :)(less)
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Blog Update #1

Hey folks! Dropping a few updates here.

Wayward Galaxy 2 has just released on audio. Thank you all for picking it up and helping us launch this thing into the stratosphere. Wayward Galaxy 2 became the number 1 bestselling audiobook in every science fiction category on Audible and hit the top 40 in the store. I'm taking it as a good sign that people enjoy Brody enough that they want more, so we're a Read more of this blog post »
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“That’s the illusion they preach, the trick you end up believing is real. They tell you true power is dictated by the dictator, because he lives in the ivory tower with his finger on the trigger, but the secret they keep, the part they refuse to tell you during your adolescent indoctrination…is that none of that is true. “Real power,” she said, “isn’t dealt in bullets, darlings, but in words.”
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“He sweated like a whore in church.”
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“Every leader who made a difference didn’t do it with a sword or a gun, but with a voice that might have moved a mountain.”
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“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”
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“That’s what it means to be human, Siggy. Living with the weight of your past and learning to walk forward with it.”
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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. – William G.T. Shedd”
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