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Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good. - William Faulkner

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. - Truman Capote

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. - William Wordsworth

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Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. - Jane Yolen

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Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. - Carlos Ruiz Zaf��n

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Editing client publishes his first military SF novel

A recent editing client has published his first military sci-fi novel.

Jermey Mapes' "The Ammalgathon" tells the tale of Operative Fox, a member of the Arsagorian Special Forces Regiment.

From the book description: "Third-world countries like Mekahnashan rarely warrant deployment of 'The Animals,' but the invasion stalls, and Command wants a harder push where the grunts have gone soft. Fox���s team touches down for intel, and they should have torn through the opposition with ease. Farmers and fishermen don���t fair well against silencers. But war seldom goes as planned . . . Fox���s team is wiped out, and trapped behind enemy lines, he���s forced to build a new one from survivors of the initial invasion. They are just as much in need as he is, and their collective survival is dependent upon cooperation and trust. But how can there be trust in a war built on lies? The others didn���t see what Fox saw. Command hadn���t told him what he would find. It wasn���t farmers or fishermen that massacred his team. It was something that had been watching and waiting all along. It was older, wiser, and far deadlier . . . and it wasn���t human."

Mapes' book can be purchased online.

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Easy reading is damn hard writing. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Content should ask people to do something and reward them for it. - Lee Odden

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Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. - Barbara Kingsolver

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Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. - Julian Barnes

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.