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Bill Clearlake

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Poet, author, musician, steel worker, award-winning photojournalist, amateur astronomer. I've worked security for Facebook and NVIDIA, volunteered for the American Red Cross teaching CPR and First Aid, and at WQED TV on the lighting and floor crew for Mister Rogers Neighborhood. As a Software Engineer, I wrote the first accounting software for Microsoft Windows which became Peachtree Accounting for Windows, and worked for a company where I helped pioneer internet video conferencing.

I've been a Line Cook, EMT, and HAZMAT Tech. I was also a Day Manager of the infamous Casa Marina Hotel in San Francisco, where I lived with Vietnam Veterans, drug dealers, prostitutes, exotic dancers, and people released by then Governor Ronald Reagan from the s ...more

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What is my "The Mercenary" series about?

So, Bill, that "The Mercenary" series - what are your books about?
Illegal human cloning.
Mercenaries used in proxy wars.
Violent revolts.
Revenge.
Sex and gender issues.
The drug trade.
Psychedelics used to treat PTSD.
Homebrew weapons.
Mixed races.
People with ability challenges.
Space colonization.
Conspiracies.
Family conflicts.
Murder.
People finding love.
People creating something better.
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

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Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

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Guitar Pattern Recognition System - The NEW Way To Visualize Your Fretboard

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