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Renée Shantel

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in Sydney, Australia

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Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery

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Renée Shantel started writing at the age of eleven, for no better reason than she was tired of waiting for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to be released. She has entertained dreams of being published ever since.

She has taken several short courses in creative writing, book editing and publishing, and managed to have her first short story published in May, 2017.

When not writing, she can be found trying to rekindle her love of photography, casually learning to play the violin, or smothering her cats with love.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 79 ratings · 27 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Days Before 3.94 avg rating — 65 ratings — 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
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	I'm Dead? by Feliciano Arrieta Jr. (Contributor), Bee Brown (Contributor), Cheryl Campbell (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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

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Princes and Princesses, dystopian landscapes, magical powers - these are a few of my favourite things. Despite this, I didn't enjoy this book nearly as much as I thought I would. For the most part I found it slow, and I had to push myself through sev ...more
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With this, the fourth and final book of the Inheritance cycle, Paolini has proven that he is a great storyteller - though not necessarily the greatest writer. I sped-read Inheritance, because I wanted to know how the story ended but I didn't want to ...more
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“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”
― Stephen King

tags: life-experience, writing, writing-craft

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“Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.”
― Stephen King

tags: children

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“Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”
― Stephen King

tags: art-on-writing

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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
― Stephen King

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