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The urge to write first struck at age sixteen when working on a newsletter at a youth encampment in the woods of northern Maine. It may have been the wild night when lightning flashed at sunset followed by the northern lights rippling after dark. Or maybe it was the newsletter’s editor, a girl with eyes the color of the ocean. But he was inspired to write about the blurry line between reality and the fantastic.

Using two fingers and lots of white-out, he religiously typed five pages a day throughout college and well into his twenties. Then life intervened. He paused to raise two sons and pursue a career, in the process — and without prior plan — becoming a well-known entrepreneur in the software industry, founding several successful companie
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Reflections on a Dystopian Trilogy

The year 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Children of Darkness, my first novel and the start of The Seekers dystopian trilogy. To commemorate this occasion, I recently reread all three books. While an author will always be biased toward his own works, ten years distance does allow a fair degree of objectivity. So here are Continue Reading Read more of this blog post »
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There Comes a Prophet

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“Ideas combined with courage can change the world.”
David Litwack, There Comes a Prophet

“If there comes among you a prophet saying ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the light.”
David Litwack

“To be courageous is to do what's right even in the face of impossible odds.”
David Litwack, There Comes a Prophet

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Eugenia (Genie In A Book) Thanks for accepting my friend request :)
Looking forward to reading and discovering more of your work.

Best wishes for more books in the future,
Genie


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L Dear David,
Thank you for being my friend here on GoodReads. I am really looking forward to reading your novel 'There comes a prophet' as it is a genre that i love (both YA and fantasy) and so i am really excited to read it! You may see a review online soon.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x


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