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Brand New Novel!

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Merry Christmas, everyone. :) http://bit.ly/TheDemonDrivers

10 Questions with British Writer Frank P. Ryan (@FrankPRyan)

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This Author Spotlight features Frank P. Ryan author of THE SNOWMELT RIVER Book 1 of The Three Powers Series This week's author spotlight features Frank P. Ryan. Tell us a bit about yourself, Frank. I write epic fantasy novels, which form part of a series, "The Three Powers".  I was lucky enough for the first two published books in this series, The Snowmelt River and The Tower of Bones , to have gathered excellent reviews from the British Fantasy Society and Starburst Magazine, which helped to push my fantasy into the top ten bestseller list of epic fantasy novels on amazon.co.uk. American readers have always been able to buy my books as kindles, but I'm also delighted to say that The Snowmelt River was published in the US as a modestly priced hardcover in November 2013.  The third book in the series, The Sword of Feimhin , is with the publishers and will be published in 2014. I have written each book so it features an

When Do You Call Yourself a Writer?

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I just received an email with the following subject: When Can You Finally Call Yourself a Writer? It was from Writer's Digest. I found it a tad sensational and inflammatory and offensive. So naturally I clicked to read the article. The article is penned by Chuck Sambuchino, editor and writer at large. Here is the article: When can you call yourself a writer? This is an important question in  every writer’s life . At what moment in time can you actually refer to yourself as a writer? But even the very question itself is deceiving, because there are actually two questions here: When can you look in the mirror and call yourself a writer? And when can you call yourself a writer in front of several complete strangers at a party? When can you call yourself a writer in private? Now. Absolutely  right now . Tell yourself in the mirror before you brush your teeth, then again when you’re driving home from work. Say it so many times that you get exasperated look