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Ian Smith

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Larry Niven, Laura Ingalls Wilder, C.S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien

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Ian Smith was raised by Southern Californian hippies who abandoned city life to live a pioneer-style existence in the wilderness. Home was a tent, a trailer, a tiny wood shack, a commune, an Indian reservation. Then they became missionaries and moved into a school bus. Things got even stranger. You’ll have to read book two for the rest of that story. (In progress)

Ian was homeschooled until college, where he got a B.A. in Art & Design at Anderson University. He’s been working as a graphic designer and website developer since 1998.

As an adult, Ian very much enjoys a peaceful, stationary existence in Brown County, Indiana with his family and two cats. Every day reinforces the idea that living in an unmovable house is wonderful. Bilbo Baggins w
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Struggle Bus Manuscript: Complete

Yesterday I completed the Struggle Bus manuscript. (About time, I can hear you saying!)

Have you read the first chapter yet? Sneak peek here.

As many of you know, I’ve had the toughest time writing the last couple of chapters, because the end of a book is important. Since I’m telling a true story, I’m locked into real events. Real-life stories don’t have nice, tidy endings, and making a book have a

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“Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.”
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