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Raymond M. Rose

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Author, Marketing Consultant, Web Designer, Husband, Father,... Lover of cereals!

From intriguing characters, breakneck plot lines, and fascinating settings, I focus on crafting stories that take readers on a ride. I want you to love or love-to-hate my characters as much as I do. For me, that's the only way to really read a book.

Growing up, I tore through Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Thomas Harris novels. Every Wednesday, I went to the comic book store to get the newest X-Men and Spider-Man. Not to mention, I wrote elaborate back stories for my Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and Transformer characters.

Today, I mash all these elements together to write the books that I want to read.

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	The Fire Inside 3.84 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Franklin Incident: A Philly-Punk Story 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Better Together really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 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
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Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 6: Fall of the Batmen

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Raymond’s Quotes

“The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. It’s perceived as an accolade to be published as a ‘literary’ writer, but, actually, it’s pompous and it’s fake. Literary fiction is often nothing more than a genre in itself. I’d always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s, as substitutes for experience.”
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message 6: by James

Apr 29, 2011 03:04PM

Thanks for the friend request, Raymond. Nice to meet you.

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message 5: by Yvonne

Apr 10, 2011 01:12PM

Hi Raymond! Thanks for adding me to your friends.

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message 4: by Milton

Mar 31, 2011 11:01PM

Mary Anita And The Second Liberation In Kenya Consider this entertainment full of African passion and flavour, culture, social life and politics.

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message 3: by Ed

Mar 07, 2011 12:43PM

Thanks for your recent friend request, Raymond, which I happily accept. You seem like an interesting person, so feel free to tell me more about yourself and perhaps we can grow to become even greater friends. I, myself, am a singer/songwriter/actor who has recently turned author, so perhaps we can share books and ideas in the future.

Regards, and have a great day, Ed

http://www.edrambeau.com

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message 2: by Raymond

Feb 26, 2011 07:13PM