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James Wade
Goodreads Author
Born
in Lufkin, Texas, The United States
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
September 2018
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All Things Left Wild
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2020
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10 editions
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Beasts of the Earth
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2022
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10 editions
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River, Sing Out
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2021
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8 editions
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Hollow Out the Dark
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2024
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7 editions
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Narrow the Road
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Top 10 Bits of Writing Advice
1. Be disciplined. Force yourself to sit down and work. Even when you’d rather do anything else, put something on the page. Sometimes your worst days turn into your best. If they don’t, at least you flexed your discipline muscle.
2. Read. Read everything you can. Read writers you know are infinitely better than you. When musicians are learning to play music, it helps them to tap their foot to the b
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4.25 I am proud of the work and what it accomplishes, but I don’t believe it’s superior to Beasts— just different. They both get 4.25 stars. I still have more to offer. Still learning and growing. Thanks to everyone for the support and the kind words ...more |
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“Revenge isn’t real. You can’t buy coffee with it. It won’t warm your bed at night. And killing only leads to more killing.”
― All Things Left Wild
― All Things Left Wild
“In fact, I think it’s usually those who least deserve something, good or bad, that end up finding it on their doorstep.”
― Beasts of the Earth
― Beasts of the Earth
“The gun was heavy in Randall’s hand, as it should be in any hand, and heavy with the weight of decision and consequence and the destruction to come. It was, he thought, a machine constructed to kill and spill the blood of nations and become a commodity for the powerful, and another tool with which to control the weak and later the same tool that would make the weak believe they have power when in truth they have none. Only a gun, heavy in their hand.”
― All Things Left Wild
― All Things Left Wild
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