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Darlene Reilley is a sci fi author, poet, and unapologetic Bookdragon. She digs for myths, chases ideas, and hikes when the stars tell her to move.

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	1,001 Plots to Get You Started 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Zombie Slayer 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Gliese 667: Emma, a writer; Mia, a nurse, and Marin, a teacher, lead the way in an effort that may or may not save humanity. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
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Sometimes the universe hands a writer a prompt. Sometimes the prompt deserves a rejection letter.

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After careful consideration, we have determined that the manuscript does not meet our current editorial needs.

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I’ve read the whole Starfighter series, and I was really happy to get back into this universe. The first three books felt like they made a complete arc, so Rogue Starfighter feels a little like Grace Goodwin came back to the series and decided there w ...more
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“There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.”
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“He wrote as if he were the reader. It was also how he kept his writing from becoming too cute, which is to say, about him not the subject. Rook was a journalist but strove to be a storyteller, one who let his subjects speak for themselves and stayed out of their way as much as possible.”
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