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Russ Capasso

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Thriller, Science Fiction

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Russ Capasso writes and sleeps in Somerville, MA.
When he’s not writing or sleeping he’s gaming (video or the dice kind), nerding out about movies, playing hockey, homebrewing, or biking around the city. He doesn’t have a dog. Not that he doesn’t want one, but thought it was worth mentioning.

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My Bookstore Experience (so far)

I love bookstores. You should too. Now that that’s out of the way. I’m finding myself in a particular spot when it comes to pushing my book(s) into bookstores. It’s a finicky process and even more so for a self-published author, add the economics of it all and it makes it that much more complicated. When publishing my first novel, HOST, I faced the dilemma that I’m sure every author faces, how muc

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The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

by Christopher Buehlman (Goodreads Author)

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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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