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Jessi L. Roberts

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I live and work on my family’s cattle ranch in eastern Montana. I have a flock of chickens, a hyper golden retriever, some cows, and a few horses.
I enjoy fantasy and science fiction and my head is full of wild sci-fi story ideas, some involving apocalypses and others involving aliens.

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jessi L. Roberts Finish things. The biggest issue I see with aspiring writers is they write three chapters of a story, get bored with it, and then write something else…moreFinish things. The biggest issue I see with aspiring writers is they write three chapters of a story, get bored with it, and then write something else. They never even finish a rough draft.
For those who do finish things, I suggest learning the craft. Follow some blogs, read some books on writing, get your writing critiqued.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jessi L. Roberts I've had the universe thought up for a long time, much longer than I had the idea for Hand of Steel. I came up with Hand of Steel while reading Cinder…moreI've had the universe thought up for a long time, much longer than I had the idea for Hand of Steel. I came up with Hand of Steel while reading Cinder. A cyborg girl was an interesting idea, so that's where Krys was born, and her story developed from there.(less)

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Average rating: 4.55 · 85 ratings · 39 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Rebirth: Havok Season One (Havok Flash Fiction Book 1) by Andrew Winch (Contributor), James Scott Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robert Liparulo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.52 avg rating — 42 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
	Hand of Steel (The Steel Hand, #1) 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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 Black Claw (The Steel Hand, #2) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Deathhorn (The Steel Hand, #0.5) 4.50 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
	Kidnapped 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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What I’ve Learned from Kindle Freebies

For the last couple of years, I’ve been sampling the hundreds of free Kindle books I’ve collected. My methodology is to look at the cover, and the description, then download the book if anything is even mildly interesting. Once I download the book, I start reading it. I quit well over 90% before making it more than a quarter of the way through. To be fair, some are probably perfectly good books, b

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