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David A. Wimsett

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Children's Picture Books

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David A. Wimsett's novels and short stories follow characters as they grow and have the opportunity to examine themselves and their place in the world on a deep level. His works include women’s fiction, epic fantasy, science fiction, contemporary issues and humour. They are stories with strong plots and strong, complex characters of different genders, gender identities, colors and ethnicities who face realistic challenges in their lives.

His science fiction short story "Time and Tide" was published in The Absent Willow Review and short listed for their anthology. His urban short story "Shoot" won the Magelsforf Award for Writing Excellence. He was a runner-up in the Askance short story competition and a winner in the Writers ‘Federation of N ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 60 ratings · 27 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beyond the Shallow Bank 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2017 — 14 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
	Something on my Mind 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2017 — 3 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
	Dragons Unremembered: Volume I of the Carandir Saga 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 8 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
	Santa is a Cat by David A. Wimsett (Goodreads Author), Joanne Fouchard (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Half Awakened Dreams 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 8 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
	Unintended Consequences: A Collection of Speculative Fiction Tales 3.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Covenant With the Dragons: Volume III of the Carandir Saga 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 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
	The Ant and the Magician by David A. Wimsett (Goodreads Author), Joanne Fouchard (Illustrator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 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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The first five pages are crucial

You may have heard people say the first ten pages of your book are the most important. In truth, it’s the first five. When submitting to literary agents and editors, this is where they’ll stop reading if you can’t draw them into the characters and story with well-crafted prose. Not just agents, readers who leaf through your book in a store or online have to be wowed or they won’t buy.

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“here I am Antony: Yet cannot hold this visible shape”
― William Shakesphere, Antony and Cleopatra

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“I might just as well have ordered a tree not to sway in the wind.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

tags: frustration, influence

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“The thing the ecologically illiterate don’t understand about an ecosystems is that it is a system…that’s why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: climate-change, ecology, global-warming

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