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Wayne McKinstry

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in Pinckneyville, IL, The United States
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Wayne has been an avid reader all his life. His favorite genre is probably sci-fi/fantasy, although he has read a LOT of fiction over the years.

Some of it has been very good, others make you think “I could do better that that.” So this book is Wayne’s attempt to “Do better than that”.

Wayne recently retired from a 40+ year career in IT, mainly as a programmer and developer. The field changes rapidly, to say the least. Now is a chance to move in new directions.

One of those new directions is writing and publishing fiction.

Wayne and his wife Loretta live in Springfield, IL. They enjoy travelling and visiting extended family.


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Wayne McKinstry That's a good question, since my life has not been all that mysterious. For the answer I will look to my college years when I was looking for a good p…moreThat's a good question, since my life has not been all that mysterious. For the answer I will look to my college years when I was looking for a good profession. I started out as a Math major but that did not seem right. The teachers at college were not very helpful.

Finally I sent to graduate school at another college and realized that computers were a good fit for me. (This was in the 1970's, the mainframe era.) Mystery solved.

I know this is not your typical mystery, like did the butler do it. At least it's something from my own life. Maybe your life will have better mysteries.
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Wayne McKinstry Just start writing. I does not have to be good, it probably won't be. But you have to start. You can go back and edit all you want.…moreJust start writing. I does not have to be good, it probably won't be. But you have to start. You can go back and edit all you want.(less)
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My review of Across a Billion Years.

Across a Billion Years Across a Billion Years by Robert Silverberg

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Across a Billion Years is a grand adventure, sort of in the tone of the old masters. In place of profanity the narrator give us all sorts of golly-gee-whiz, gosh durn figures of speech. There is a nice balance between the "big picture" and the viewpoint of the narrator. Robert Silverberg constructs a believable future cosmos and Read more of this blog post »
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