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John Collings was raised in Colorado where he has lived most of his life. While there he has had many occupations including bartender, television floor manager, disc jockey, and teacher. His first novel, "Hell, and God, and Nuns with Rulers", takes from his experience at educating students at an alternative high school and the rich landscape of the Front Range in Colorado. His next adventure takes him overseas to teach students in South Korea while continuing to work on his next novels. ...more

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John Collings I've never really struggled with this problem. Part of this might be because I have taught an improvisation class for eight years to high school stude…moreI've never really struggled with this problem. Part of this might be because I have taught an improvisation class for eight years to high school students. In order to do this, I needed to train my brain how to do improvisational theater. One of the keys to this is to make sure the story continues. It is just a matter of creating a new routine and then breaking it. When you break it, all you do is create a new routine. This keeps the story going at all times. I take this principle to my writing, and even though I kind of know where I am going with the story, I don't always know how I am going to get there, I love where the voyage takes me. It just comes back to taking the experiences of your life and applying them to other things that you do.(less)
John Collings Writing. When you get into what I call the groove, where you stop thinking about the story that you are writing and it just flows out of you, is the b…moreWriting. When you get into what I call the groove, where you stop thinking about the story that you are writing and it just flows out of you, is the best feeling in the world. This is where the real writing takes place because it is honest and true connection with your self. It is the moment that I always look for every time I sit down to write. I don't always find that moment but when I do I leave my computer feeling satisfied.(less)
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Hell, and God, and Nuns wit...

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Castillo San Felipe de Barajas – Cartagena, Colombia

When the Spanish started to establish their foothold in the Americas, one of the first places that they made their presence known was in modern day Cartagena, Colombia. One of the ways they made sure that people coming to this port city knew of their power was the fact that they built a fortress on a hill overlooking the bay and then they stocked it with cannon to repel any enemy force foolish

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Dune by Frank Herbert
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Dune was for a long time my Mount Everest. I tries to read it so many times in my teenage years, and I could never make it through the first one-hundred pages, so when I finally got over my fear, and just jumped in determined to finish it, I came at ...more
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Alan Moore is easily one of the top names when it comes to graphic storytelling, and I had a hard time believing that he could top the mastery of what he had achieved with Watchmen and V for Vendetta, but his take on the Jack the Ripper killings take ...more
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One Piece, Volume 37 by Eiichiro Oda
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This edition started off as a typical One Piece adventure with the crew getting in way over their head, but it quickly switched to explore the backstory of the villains that had been presented in earlier editions. All of a sudden, the characters that ...more
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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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This is not the vampire story that you would find all over the place early in the century. Yes, there is a little bit of a love story going on here. You cannot have a good vampire story without one. But it focuses more on the gothic and horror of bei ...more
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The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith
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Emily Esfahani Smith's writing style is very engaging, and easy to read. She tells many stories that connect with the reader and get to the points that she is getting across. The stories she tells are familiar, and there should be one or two that you ...more
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Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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There are moments in this book that are heartfelt, and have an impact, but they are hidden deep within a sloppy mess with lots of characters having problems that are hard to follow because the narrative jumps all over the place. The characters are no ...more
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Learn Spanish Fast for Adult Beginners by Speak Abroad Academy
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The book has helped me learn Spanish, but the explanations can be a little confusing, the stories at the end did not help with the tense conjugations of verbs, and the answer-keys were not always correct. Still the information it gave has helped impr ...more
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Hellboy Volume 6 by Mike Mignola
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This was the darkest of the Hellboy series that I have read so far, and because of that it hit upon more philosophical ideas than any of the previous omnibuses. It followed Hellboy on a journey that only he could take, and it kept the brilliant artwo ...more
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Bleach by Tite Kubo
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This is another entertaining installment in the Bleach series with Tite Kubo still introducing all of the characters and establishing the world-building. It does seem to be running over the same ground as previous installments, but there are a couple ...more
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The Dream of the Jaguar by Miguel Bonnefoy
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The complete story of one man and his impact he has on the ones he loves and the country that he believes in. It goes through all of the eras of this man's life and the choices he has made and the way those choices shaped the world around him. It is ...more
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Majenta Hi, John! Happy Monday! Thanks for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Have a great day and week. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta


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