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Hew J. La France

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Fiction, Paranormal, Thriller

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R.L. Stine Ian Fleming Arthur Conan Doyle ...more

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Hew La France was born in Chicago, IL, but has spent most of his life in the St. Louis, MO area. As of February, 2019, Hew works as the evening lead of the registration department at a local hospital, but previously held positions at a shipping container test lab, a bank, and McDonald's (these experiences periodically wiggling their way into his writing from time-to-time).

In addition to writing fiction, he also write articles for his church's magazine, The Flame.

Hew hadn't always wanted to be a writer. After high school he had begun working on a degree in film, but dropped college after a few semesters after realizing how impractical such a degree would actually by "in the real world". During high school and the bit of college he'd taken, H Hew La France was born in Chicago, IL, but has spent most of his life in the St. Louis, MO area. As of February, 2019, Hew works as the evening lead of the registration department at a local hospital, but previously held positions at a shipping container test lab, a bank, and McDonald's (these experiences periodically wiggling their way into his writing from time-to-time).

In addition to writing fiction, he also write articles for his church's magazine, The Flame.

Hew hadn't always wanted to be a writer. After high school he had begun working on a degree in film, but dropped college after a few semesters after realizing how impractical such a degree would actually by "in the real world". During high school and the bit of college he'd taken, Hew had written a few scripts recreationally, and had drafted only a few stories. He'd written a lot when he was younger, but he'd never considered it as a plausible career path/hobby.

One of the first pieces of fiction he'd ever written was a fan-fiction based around the Lego series 'ThrowBots' (Slizers). It was an epistolary, written as a series of journal entries from a NASA astronaught, and one of the 'ThrowBots' (oh to go back to those simpler times). After that, he produced numerous Godzilla Fan Fictions, and did several Transformers Fan Fictions in the form of stop-motion animations (which were horribly juvenile).

On July 3rd, 2016, Hew published his first novel, a paranormal mystery titled "Straight Arrow Heart", which was inspired by Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera". His second novel, a thriller set in geek-culture titled "End Turn" was published February 1st, 2017. "End Turn" has had 2 sequels published to it ("AFK" in 2018 and "With English Subtitles" in 2019), and will have a fourth entry in its series released in 2020.

Presently, Hew resides in southern Illinois with his sister and their Pit Bull, Winnie. His favorite drinks include Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Pitch Black, Earl Grey tea, Moscato, and Sake. He is a very skilled cook, so long as what he's cooking is quesadillas. ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 50 ratings · 23 reviews · 6 distinct works

	End Turn (John Becmane, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 15 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
	A F K (John Becmane, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	With English Subtitles (John Becmane, #3) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Gaiden Files (John Becmane, #4) 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
	Straight Arrow Heart 3.83 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
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Breaking From Becmane

As those of you who follow me on the Book of Faces and Gram of Instants are already aware, I'm presently working on Becmane 5. How far along am I? About.... halfway through the second draft. Which is TERRIBLY behind schedule, but... I'll get back on track eventually.

I have enjoyed writing these books; they've been equal parts expressive and therapeutic. I've worked out a lot of personal issues thr

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Ultraman, Vol. 10

by Eiichi Shimizu

bookshelves: manga, own-physical, scifi, tokusatsu, currently-reading

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Legends and Tales of the American West

by Richard Erdoes

bookshelves: mythology, own-physical, religious-history, currently-reading

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“John hung up the phone, standing in the cold break room in silence. The silence spoke to him. It told him a million different things his brother might have wanted to see John about.”
― Hew J. La France, End Turn

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“The pick-up truck belonged to his boss's boss; a real pompous ass of a man named Alex Hudson. No one was quite sure what exactly his responsibilities were, but whatever they were, he never seemed to be doing them. Incapable of running a transaction, and unable to open or do simple maintenance on an account, the arrogant man was about as useful as a tauntaun on Mustafar.”
― Hew J. La France, End Turn

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“John thought about nearly dying in Chicago and
this first time firing a gun, causing a realization to come to him; video games are not accurate depictions of real-world violence.
Were there a few fractured souls who lost their minds to the game and couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what was fake? Sure. But a sane mind could tell, and a sane mind shouldn't be able to kill in cold blood after five hours of Halo.
Those people had an underlying problem before they picked up a controller.”
― Hew J. La France, A F K

tags: desensitization, human-nature, violence, violence-in-society

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Hew’s Quotes

“Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.”
― R.L. Stine

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“I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?”
― R. L. Stine

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“Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.”
― Ian Fleming, The Spy Who Loved Me

tags: ian-fleming, james-bond, loneliness, solitude, the-spy-who-loved-me

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: adventuring, death, time

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“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
― Mark Twain