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Darrell’s 2024 Year in Books
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I have a hard time not writing. I hate how life keeps conspiring to take me away from writing.
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I Killed the Man That Wasn't There
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2011
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Showgirls and Aliens
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2013
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Mind Thief
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2014
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iROMANCE
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The Genocide Game
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Dymon's Lair
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An Extra Topping of Horror
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2011
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Nomi in the 24th Century (Nomi #4)
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2022
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Paradox Lost
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Nomi's Extraordinary Voyage (Nomi #5)
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Indie Writers and the Last Crusade
“If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
—Lillian Hellman
Search the Internet and you will find two absolute rules about being an Indie Author.
1) Reach out and connect with your readers.
2) Never, under any circumstances, contact someone who reviewed one of your books.
I like the first rule, but the second rule seems to clash wi Read more of this blog post »
—Lillian Hellman
Search the Internet and you will find two absolute rules about being an Indie Author.
1) Reach out and connect with your readers.
2) Never, under any circumstances, contact someone who reviewed one of your books.
I like the first rule, but the second rule seems to clash wi Read more of this blog post »
Darrell’s Recent Updates
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Bride of the Hunted Manor. First I have to say, I love novellas. With Bride of the Hunted Manor, I found it too novella-ish. One of the keys to making a fast moving novella is to start a scene just past the beginning, so you are tossed into the action ...more |
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An interesting and fast paced story. Poor Alex is mostly concerned about staying alive, whenever he has a moment to think he wonders about the monsters outside the compound, the guards, and why they are in the compound. I was personally drawn to his r ...more |
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I've mentioned before that my inner child loves this author. Like the first book in this series he manages to tackle big issues at a middle school level without talking down to the reader. As a reader who is approaching my sixties I liked it. I highly ...more |
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Darrell Nelson
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7 other people
liked
Stjepan Cobets's review
of
Nomi's Extraordinary Voyage (Nomi #5):
"My rating 4.1
The sci-fi novella "Nomi's Extraordinary Voyage" by Darrell B. Nelson is very well written and set in the world of books created by Jules Verne. Writer Darrell B. Nelson placed the story of Nomi and Vekman in the fantasy world of several" Read more of this review » |
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Darrell Nelson
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L. Coulter's review
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Nomi's Extraordinary Voyage (The Adventures of Nomi Book 5):
"Colliding with reality itself, the great fictitious explorers of Jules Verne's planet Earth collide with the voyagers of the 24th century, Nomi and Vekman. In a delightfully witty adventure through time and space, social commentary and cleverly craft"
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Encounters With Old Coyote Tough to rate in a good way. Encounters With Old Coyote seems to be a collection of short stories, but there is so much more. "One thing about people—they need to tell stories.” Old Coyote says at the beginning. So Andrea tel ...more |
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Review Group: * Group 96 General. Mod: Chance | 155 | 66 | May 09, 2016 06:33PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 102 Novella. Mod Hock | 137 | 84 | Jul 11, 2016 04:40PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 110 Novella Mod Neil | 206 | 116 | Oct 04, 2016 03:40AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 103 Scifi/dystopia Mod Warren | 198 | 94 | Dec 19, 2016 12:56AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 114 Out of this world. Mod Warren. | 215 | 82 | Jan 05, 2017 09:28AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 133 Out of this World - Mod: L.N. (Closed) | 181 | 94 | Sep 19, 2017 07:33AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 142. Out of this world. Mod Scott | 164 | 97 | Sep 19, 2017 09:23AM | |
| Review Group: Group 153. Novella. Mod E.M. | 111 | 73 | Nov 03, 2017 05:03AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 159. Out of this world. Mod: Warren | 122 | 91 | Feb 05, 2018 03:16AM | |
| Review Group: * 170. Out of this World - Mod E.M. | 170 | 67 | Apr 13, 2018 03:51AM |
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