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Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Mike Reeves-McMillan’s Followers (194)
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Mike Reeves-McMillan
Goodreads Author
Born
in Auckland, New Zealand
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
February 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/mikerm
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Realmgolds (The Gryphon Clerks #1)
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2013
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5 editions
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City Of Masks
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2006
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6 editions
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Hope and the Clever Man: A Novel of the Gryphon Clerks
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2013
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3 editions
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Auckland Allies
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2015
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2 editions
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Hand of the Trickster
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The Well-Presented Manuscript: Just What You Need to Know to Make Your Fiction Look Professional
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2015
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3 editions
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Hope and the Patient Man (The Gryphon Clerks #3)
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2014
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4 editions
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Mister Bucket for Assembly: A Novel of the Gryphon Clerks
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Beastheads
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2014
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Trickster's Nab (Hand of the Trickster, #2)
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Well-Presented Manuscript Fourth Edition
I’ve just published the fourth edition of my nonfiction book for writers, The Well-Presented Manuscript: Just What You Need to Know to Make Your Fiction Look Professional. I’ve added some material, as I have in each new edition, but the big change is a complete restructure around the ten most common types of errors I see authors making in the books I review:
Vocabulary. Now almost 200 entries on p Read more of this blog post »
Mike’s Recent Updates
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"12/25/24: I had to buy the ebook because I forgot to grab my paperback to bring with me to India, and let me tell you the crappy formatting almost ruined the experience. What angers me is publishers taking advantage of their authors' backlists, putti"
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I'm reasonably sure I've read this one before, but long enough ago that it was a fresh experience. It's another standalone Wodehouse, technically in the Drones Club series, though that is a very loose series linked only by the fact that the stories' ...more |
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is finished with Laughing Gas: "I stood aghast. Then tottering to the bed, I sat aghast."
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“Enkeli shrugged. He was a well-practiced shrugger, and his gesture bore enough casual unconcern for others’ problems to supply an entire elite academy.”
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
“The wrong thing being?” asks Halwaz.
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
― Gu
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
― Gu
“Beneath black makeup, the skin around her eyes wrinkled like satin sheets after a restless night.”
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Making Connections: 1035. - REALMGOLDS by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 14 | 97 | Aug 21, 2013 02:13PM | |
| Making Connections: 1896. HOPE AND THE CLEVER MAN by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 2 | 23 | Feb 03, 2014 03:38PM | |
| Making Connections: 2058. - HOPE AND THE PATIENT MAN by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 11 | Feb 04, 2014 05:03AM | |
| Making Connections: 3358. - BEASTHEADS by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 17 | Aug 09, 2014 11:33PM | |
| Making Connections: 4316. - AUCKLAND ALLIES (Auckland Allies #1) by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 9 | Apr 19, 2016 05:33PM | |
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“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Lords and Ladies
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Lords and Ladies
“What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Small Gods
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Small Gods
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