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J. Mercury Jones and I have written a one-shot short story with characters from our previously published erotic M/M novella Bearding the Lion. If you'd like to get an epub of the short story, In Like A Lion, which features hot sex, both straight and gay, and some awesome armwrestling and St. Patrick's Day celebration, click here to sign up for my newsletter Sween's Briefs!

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How Fiction Works

by James Wood

bookshelves: literary-criticism, non-fiction, currently-reading

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Sween McDervish said: " An immensely readable book examining the elements of the novel, and what makes them work well. References most of the great novels of the literature and will make a great reading list for me. "

Mar 03, 2018 11:57AM · see review

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