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William Amerman

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Born

Houston, Texas, The United States

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

Influences

Hemingway, Thompson, McCarthy, anti-Faulkner

Member Since

April 2011

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William Amerman was born in Houston, Texas and obtained his Bachelors degree in English from The University of Texas - Austin, way back in the last century. He lived in Austin for eight years, then moved to Denver, Colorado to explore the whole "mountain man" lifestyle. After seven years in The Netherlands he moved to the Bay Area, where he now makes his home.

Contact information via email is: wamerman@gmail.com

Feel free to contact him to discuss any of his works, writing in general, and especially with offers of pints of Guinness. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

William Amerman Through sheer brute force. It is passionless writing, typing down anything that comes to mind. It almost always occurs when I know where the story goe…moreThrough sheer brute force. It is passionless writing, typing down anything that comes to mind. It almost always occurs when I know where the story goes, but can't think of an interesting way to get to the destination. So I type, the story moves ahead and I trust that I'll be able to come back and make it more interesting. The more I write, though, the more I realize two things. One, sometimes all that is needed is to move the plot from A to B. Two, having more than one of these blockage moments in a story can indicate I've picked the wrong thing to write about. Writing is a bit like golf in this regard. There are things to work on for a lifetime.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

William Amerman Two best things. First, the freedom to create entire worlds populated by characters who seem so real to me that writing about them feels like writing …moreTwo best things. First, the freedom to create entire worlds populated by characters who seem so real to me that writing about them feels like writing about real people.
Second, that tremendous, shaky-finger five second moment when 12-18 months of hard, hard work is done. All the outlining, brainstorming, first draft, fight to find time from real work, soccer coaching, filling the car with the blue-white glow of typing in a dark school parking lot next to the soccer fields where oldest is training, second draft, third draft, send to the editor then another five drafts, arrange with the cover art people, format for eReader work is done. Pressing the Publish button is a significant feeling.(less)

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Average rating: 3.81 · 63 ratings · 28 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Sky1 - Foundation (Sky, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Sky2 - Detritus Machine (Sky, #2) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Aries at Dawn liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Sky3 - Emerald Mara (Sky, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Has it really been a year?

My oh my how time moves across these mortal bones. Eras and epochs. Sand blown by sea wind covers footprints washed away by waves born off the coast of Argentina.
Christmas was yesterday. Wonderful but sonless, a "compromise" reached months ago. Okay. Why the long absence? The decommitment to writing was profound, impacting everything except necessary work emails. Oh, and journal entries.
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A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #2)

by Jodi Taylor (Goodreads Author)

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Effacement

by Hieronymus Hawkes (Goodreads Author)

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The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised

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“Yeah, the real you. I've known you for twenty-four hours, and you're like ten different people all wrapped in one.”
― William Amerman, Sky2 - Detritus Machine

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William’s Quotes

“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
― Hemingway, Ernest

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