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R.C. Hancock

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RC (Recalcitrant Conformist) Hancock began his writing career with a story about a dead cat which his second grade teacher thought was brilliant. Convincing others of his literary genius has taken longer than expected, but along the road he has acquired a domestic goddess, four hairy gnomes (who, thankfully, look more like their mother), and a degree from BYU in Recreational Management & Youth Leadership (which gives him license to act like a child.) An Uncommon Blue is his first novel and the cause of most of his hair loss.

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R.C. Hancock I think the three most important things you can do to quickly improve your writing are (in this order):
1. WRITE. The more you do it, the better you'l…more
I think the three most important things you can do to quickly improve your writing are (in this order):
1. WRITE. The more you do it, the better you'll get. (Your first few novels won't be your best work. Just keep pumping them out until they are.)
2. READ. Both books you like and especially books on how to write. Some of my favorite craft books are Story by Robert McKee, Self-editing for Fiction Writers by Rene Brown, Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, and Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card.
3. Make it a point to AVOID CLICHES. The first idea that comes into your head is the same thing that comes into everybody elses. Whenever you're chosing a setting, describing a protagonist, outlining a plot, don't just go with your first idea. Make a list of increasingly original and more outlandish options, then look back at it and pick the freshest, most interesting. I'm willing to bet it won't be the first one you wrote down. Do this with everything you write. If it's been done before, give it a twist no one's ever seen. Write the unexpected. It's a lot of hard mental work, but your writing will stand out like a diamond in a sea of sequins.(less)
R.C. Hancock Kvothe's. Patrick Rothfuss's world is AWESOME. Despite my bad review of his 2nd book. https://storysurgeongeneral.blogspot....…moreKvothe's. Patrick Rothfuss's world is AWESOME. Despite my bad review of his 2nd book. https://storysurgeongeneral.blogspot....(less)
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Blue Remake is FREE

I was about to individually message all the readers with An Uncommon Blue on their to-read shelf, but I'm glad I checked the Goodreads Author guidelines first.
Apparently that's spamming and I don't want to get banned from the site. lol
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An Uncommon Blue by R.C. Hancock
2014, 288 pages, AR 4.34
$6.49 Kindle, used paper $9.49 and up

 
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Redshirts by John Scalzi
2012, 318 pages, average GR rating 3.82
Kindle $9.99 , cheap used print

 
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The Last Man by Mary Shelley
1826, 342 pages, AR 3.31
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Flesh & Wires by Jackie Hatton
2015, 282 pages, AR 4.25
$7.95 Kindle, used paper &11.01 and up

 
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Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
2007, 338 pages, AR 3.69
Kindle $11.99, cheap used print

 
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Apocalypse the Memoir by C.S. Oliver
2015, 309 pages, AR 4.57
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