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Bob MacKenzie

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in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

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Poetry, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Back in another century, I ran away to join the circus. At least, I did the "writer" equivalent when I quit high school to become a poet and, in general, a writer.

I began my career as a junior reporter at The Calgary Herald newspaper, a job for which both my editors and I agreed I was not particularly well-suited, and left after one year. I spent a summer teaching myself the basics of writing for radio and television with help and advice from friends already working in the industry.

My first job in radio was as a continuity writer at CFCW, the country music station in northern Alberta. From there I went on to work as a writer and producer in a number of stations in Alberta and Ontario before moving into regional advertising agencies.

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	The Hired Gun 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Spirit Quest by Bob MacKenzie (Goodreads Author), Sharlena Wood 4.75 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
	Another Eternity: A History from a Fallen House Redeemed and Saved 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Ghost Shadow: Unfinished Sins 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Songrise: the Words and Vision of Bob MacKenzie it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	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
	Agape: Heaven & Earth by Bob MacKenzie (Goodreads Author), Faye Batchelor, Nancy Wills it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending 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
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	To Whom It May Concern 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	A Gathering of Shadows 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 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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A few days ago, in an effort to educate an idealistic young professional about how dark and evil acts can be perpetrated in the real world, even in her profession, I wrote her a long message telling of certain events that had happened in my own life. This was a difficult process that ripped open old wounds from 20 years before, and I cried a lot and have been in very real pain, since I wrote that

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Bob MacKenzie answered Goodreads's question: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? For some reason, I am a magnet for the disenfranchised and the damaged - the homeless, those in deep poverty, those with psychological issues but functional enough to be on the street, those who are under the influence of drink or drugs. They come up See Full Answer
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The Tentacles of Leviathan *The Tentacles of Leviathan* Robert J McCaldon Resilience Publishing 2016 162 pages ISBN: 9781490591162 The blurb on the back cover of The Tentacles of Leviathan describes the story as “Like Huckleberry Finn, set in our time.” I ...more
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“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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