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Happy to report that The Rap Sheet, a lit mag devoted to crime fiction, has just published a "Story Behind the Story" essay about "I Dreamt I Was in Heaven." If you idly wondered where I got the idea or why the hell I wanted to write about it, here's your chance. Hope you enjoy!

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I am doing a free promotion for ebook versions of "I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang" through October 6th. Just click here or visit the URL below and at checkout, use this coupon code: WB45M

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Learn more about the book, the history behind it, and view the trailer at buckrampage.com.

Hope you enjoy!

I was asked if I feared alienating my audience with the depiction of violence in my latest novel. I was surprised because I had gone through pains to minimize the actual depiction of violent acts. A novel about a real-life group of notorious teenage terrorists who rampaged through Indian Territory at the turn of the century naturally includes violence in significant quantities. However, I took pains to minimize description of the acts. Instead, I focused on the perpetrator’s motivations and the victim’s reactions. To my surprise, though, far from minimizing the impact of the violence, this seems to have heightened it.

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