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My stories start out as ordinary beans. I like to think of them as such.

I don’t know what I have, but I’m compelled to water these beans. Shoots then grow into stems and my beanstalk matures. Sometimes the stems die; the story loses life. Then I travel along my beanstalk and find new stems to explore. Eventually leaves grow and there is a flowering, as the organism that is my story comes to life, and the characters take shape, and I can see them and hear their voices.

Then they grow up and go off and do things I haven’t planned.

The nerve!

That’s how I know I’m getting somewhere.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 62 ratings · 45 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Plum Rains on Happy House 3.55 avg rating — 11 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
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Lamb Of God - Original Sin: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel

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