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Dennis Ruane

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in Uniontown, PA, The United States

Website

http://www.walnutcreekpress.com

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Fiction, Contemporary

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Dennis Ruane has written four novels, “Wooden Spoons“, “Cataloochee Man”, “The Man in the Room”, and “The Battle of Walnut Hollow”. Although he has made a living as a woodcarver for thirty-five years, Dennis habitually wrote in a journal with the intention of gathering material for a novel. In the first two decades of this period, he made several attempts to develop one particular story, but was never satisfied with the results. Fifteen years ago, his efforts finally came to fruition, and he wrote "Wooden Spoons". Dennis was so encouraged by the response to this first novel that he began working on another story soon after it was published. Three years later, in 2009, "Cataloochee Man" was published, a story born out of a period when the au ...more

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	Wooden Spoons: A novel about life, death, love, and art. 4.43 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Battle of Walnut Hollow 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Cataloochee Man 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Man in the Room 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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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The Battle of Walnut Hollow

I finished The Battle of Walnut Hollow early this year and have been working on rewriting and editing. The first revision has always been my least favorite part of the process because there are so many loose ends and gaps to fill in. After the first couple rewrites, the story is complete and I enjoy the process from then on. Currently I'm about a third of the way through the second rewriting.

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“You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.”
― Dennis Ruane

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“I love winter. The bugs are dead, and the people are indoors.”
― Dennis Ruane

tags: humor, winter

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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