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Brent Knowles

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Influences
Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer

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February 2010

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Author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Reprints of my published stories are available on AnthologyBuilder and Smashwords.

Brief Bibliography:

“A Ragman’s Vow” — On Spec #73 Summer, 2008

“Digital Rights” — Writers of the Future XXVI, 2010

“From the Sea” — On Spec #78 Fall, 2009 (This issue also contains an interview with Brent)

“The Tale of Lady Spite” — Tales of the Talisman Volume 5 Issue 2, 2009

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Average rating: 3.66 · 338 ratings · 52 reviews · 37 distinct works
The Prophet

3.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Lazy Designer "Start a ...

3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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How to script for games

3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012
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How to Make the Next Game

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012
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Stealing Death

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012
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Lazy Designer Book 3: Explo...

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Mama and Other Robot Stories

3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014
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Digital Rights

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How to be a Lead Designer (...

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The Monastery (Sabriel Book 1)

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Mothership: Failing Forward

So last weekend I played my first in-person session of a TTRPG in a very long time (we normally play over Roll20). We also tried out a new TTRPG system (well, new to us).

Mothership.

How did it go? Very, very well, I think. We all had fun. We figured out the rules quickly except for a couple confusing bits related to combat. And we had one less-experienced player joining us and they also enjoyed the

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Brent Knowles My first full length release is now available for preorder.

"The Pool: Arrival"
When Miranda is forced by her mother and sisters to leave Earth and cross the universe to the middle-of-nowhere planet her family has owned for generations she's beyond pissed. She fears she will be stranded there. Forever. Or at least the better part of her summer vacation.

All because her grandmother decided to die.

Really, no matter what century you live in, a teenager's life is never fair.

http://www.amazon.com/Pool-Arrival-Br...


message 2: by Brent

Brent Knowles My Lazy Designer mini-book about Scripting for Videogames is available free, this week, on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Script-Game...


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Brent Knowles New review for Writers of the Future 26

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