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Jon Negroni

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Jon Negroni

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I'm interested in stories that pack a punch. The kind of punch you tell a story about at a party ten years later.

My newest book, the first of a three-part series, is called Killerjoy and is now available in paperback and e-book. Follow on Twitter (@JonNegroni) for any and all updates!
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30,000 words (or so) of Vainguard.

My next book, Vainguard, is about one chapter away from the 30k mark, so here's the latest update on its progress. Keep in mind that this is Book 2 of Origin Stories.

The first book in the series, Killerjoy, hit 131k words by the final draft, and Vainguard will likely fall within a range of that or go slightly beyond it. Simply put, it's coming along and will hopefully be a manageable length for fa Read more of this blog post »
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Published on September 06, 2017 15:25 Tags: book, excerpt, jon-negroni, killerjoy, origin-stories, update, vainguard

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