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Ross Cavins

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in Greensboro, The United States

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Humor, Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

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Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Moore, Harlan Coben ...more

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November 2008

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Ross Cavins graduated with a BS in Computer Science from UNC Greensboro. He currently works as a freelance website designer and internet programmer, and lives in the North Carolina Piedmont.

Two divorces and a mid-life crisis pushed him to pursue his life-long dream of writing a book. His primary goal is to one day visit a bookstore and hear, "Hey, is this you?" instead of, "Hey, you gonna pay for that?"

His work has appeared in Swill Magazine, Hiss Quarterly, USA Deep South, Hack Writers, Dead Mule, and elsewhere. He's much funnier in person.

You can find him at his blog: RossCavins.com ...more

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Why I Shunned Traditional Publishing

I once tried to go the traditional publishing route. I acquired an agent on the strength of expanding a story from "Follow The Money" into a 400-page novel, and we submitted it publishers. It was gritty and humorous and several requested the full manuscript. But it had some problems and none of them bit.

I changed agents.

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	Things Go Wrong For Me by Rodney Lacroix (Goodreads Author), Ross Cavins (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Perhaps I've Said Too Much (A Great Big Book of Messing with People) by Rodney Lacroix (Goodreads Author), Ross Cavins (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Follow the Money 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Barry vs. The Apocalypse (Book 1 in the Barry Glick Mystery Series) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	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
	Barry vs The Apocalypse: The Reluctant Superhero 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015	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 Walk-On 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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	Writers Crushing Covid-19 by Ross Cavins (Goodreads Author), Zoë Sharp (Goodreads Author), Jonas Saul (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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message 5: by Gene

Oct 08, 2012 10:58AM

Hey, Man--
Glad all the stuff you've waded through hasn't drowned your sense of humor. You are a funny dude!
Gene J. Parola

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message 4: by Ross

Sep 22, 2010 08:10PM

Ocean Size wrote: "Hey Ross. got the book last night, finished it this afternoon, and posted the review just now. I think that says a lot for my favorable opinion of it - or could it be my outrage? I guess you'll ha..."

To finish a book in a day ... says a lot. :-D

Glad you enjoyed it.

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message 3: by Aaron

Sep 14, 2010 07:10PM

Hey Ross. got the book last night, finished it this afternoon, and posted the review just now. I think that says a lot for my favorable opinion of it - or could it be my outrage? I guess you'll have to check now won't you.... hahaha

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message 2: by Ross

Aug 18, 2010 09:05AM

Kate wrote: "Hey Ross, I just received your book in the mail. I totally liked the inscription. It was very funny, witty and irreverent. I'm looking forward to reading it and thanks for the most awesome bookm..."

You're very welcome .. the bookmark will make more sense once you begin reading ...

:-D

Ross

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message 1: by Kate

Aug 18, 2010 05:38AM

Hey Ross, I just received your book in the mail. I totally liked the inscription. It was very funny, witty and irreverent. I'm looking forward to reading it and thanks for the most awesome bookmark ever!

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