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E.L. Ward

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Fantasy, History

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E.L. Ward is the celebrated author of one title, including The Chocolate Prophecy. New York Times Bestseller, the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, a Tony, Grammy, and Oscar, the Nobel Peace Prize, Best in Show, Blue Ribbon, Student of the Month, and World’s Best Dad are all among the accolades he wouldn’t mind achieving one day. He has had his picture in the newspaper once.

Ward lives in Michigan, basically.

Prior to his vaunted career as a starving artist, Ward distinguished himself in education, graduating 13th in his class, and receiving cute little awards for Media Production and Industrial Technology at one point. He went on to attain a phony-baloney Bachelor of Art in Communications, Film and Video Concentration, from ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
E.L. Ward I'll have to get back to you on that, since I'm still one myself. The best advice I can give right now is to regurgitate something Brandon Sanderson s…moreI'll have to get back to you on that, since I'm still one myself. The best advice I can give right now is to regurgitate something Brandon Sanderson said, essentially: "Write the books you want to read but no one else is writing." Seriously, if you want good advice, look Sanderson up. He's got wonderfully frank, conversational, buddy-buddy youtube videos that are full of nice nuggets like that.(less)
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E.L. Ward I am writing a new book cooperatively with a good friend! It's a great writing experience... different in nearly every way than writing my first book …moreI am writing a new book cooperatively with a good friend! It's a great writing experience... different in nearly every way than writing my first book was. I'm learning a lot and having a good time doing it. If you want to learn a little more about it, you can find a blog entry I made here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...(less)
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The Third Project!

Scatter-brain is among my struggles - I haven't even finished my collaborative effort - Agorath - yet, and already I've started something else! As of last weekend, I began the first of a new serial - legal procedural drama novellas set in the world of The Chocolate Prophecy! Yes, that's right, Horus Templar has been greenlit for his own little spinoff franchise. I alluded in my first blog to the i Read more of this blog post »
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“The Heck I can't.”
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“If a law is to be unfair, then let it be unfair to all.”
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“If you're reading this, then you have Will, and you have Purpose.”
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“The Heck I can't.”
― E.L. Ward, The Chocolate Prophecy
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“If, upon the Great Looking Back of all things, we are found to have done good, then let us have doneth the most greatest good that we could do. If we are found to have done bad, then let us have doneth the least worstest bad that we could do. If we pursued the good, may it have been so to attaineth it. If we pursued the bad, then may it have been so to destroyeth it.”
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“If a law is to be unfair, then let it be unfair to all.”
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