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Mayo Lucas

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Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy

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I invented fan fiction.

Yes, I did.

At age 12, I wrote my first book based on the characters and premise of the old TV western, Wagon Train. Soon I was writing “episodes” for other shows I liked, and reading them aloud to my best friend and bus mate on the way to school each morning. The stories were all a bit smarmy—perfect for two teenaged girls.

I was already a voracious reader of all things Victorian--Austen, the Bronte sisters, Dickens, plus Twain and Alcott for this side of the Atlantic; and, in an odd juxtaposition, I read every last one of the Hardy Boys mysteries.

About that same age, I read Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind. I was enthralled…and decidedly pissed off when Rhett left Scarlett. Then and there I decided to become a ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 21 ratings · 6 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Camelot Jones 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989	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
	Dealer's Choice 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Matters of the Heart 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 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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Preview Dealer's Choice, Chpt 1, entry #10 (final entry)

When she put her thumb on the hammer, he arched away. “Now hold on, sugar. No need for that. I ain’t here to cause trouble. Just a man lookin’ to collect what’s owed him.” The visible bob of his Adam’s apple satisfied her immensely—so much so that she didn’t even mind when he reached out a single finger to carefully nudge the gun barrel to one side. “I don’t like guns. Especially aimed at me.” Read more of this blog post »

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Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth

by Giorgio de Santillana

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