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Eric Witchey

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Eric Witchey's fiction has appeared nationally and internationally in magazines and anthologies. He has published in multiple genres under several names. His how-to articles have appeared in The Writer Magazine, Writer's Digest Magazine, Writer's Northwest Magazine, Northwest Ink, and in a number of on-line publications. His fiction has won recognition from The International Book Award, The Independent Publisher Book Award, Writers of The Future, New Century Writers, Writer's Digest, the Eric Hoffer Prose Award program, Short Story America, and www.ralan.com. When not teaching or writing, he restores antique HO locomotives or tosses bits of feather and pointy wire at laughing trout. ...more

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	Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top by Ekaterina Sedia (Editor), Peter Straub, Jessica Reisman (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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 Best of Jim Baen's Universe by Eric Flint (Editor), Eric Witchey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alan Dean Foster 3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Polyphony, Volume 4 by Deborah Layne (Publisher, Editor), Jay Lake (Editor), Heather Welliver (narrator) 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2004	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
	Beyond the Serpent's Heart 4.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — 5 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
	Littlest Death: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel 4.74 avg rating — 23 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
	Professor Witchey's Miracle Mood Cure 4.75 avg rating — 16 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 Apple Sniper it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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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	How I Met My Alien Bitch Lover (The Sunny World Inquisition Daily Letter Archives, #1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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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Having recently* spent four ten-hour days glued to my chair, editing a manuscript I had already rewritten and proofread to within an inch of its life before submitting to my publisher, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share my personal experience with facing The External Editor; the editor you’re not allowed to lock in a closet and ignore. With luck you might find it hel

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