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William Van Winkle

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Computers & Internet

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Stephen King, Malcolm Gladwell, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Clive ...more

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William Van Winkle started publishing poetry and short fiction straight out of high school. Seven years later, he suddenly realized that publishing computing articles yielded far more paychecks and so became a full-time freelancer for the likes of PC Magazine, CPU, PC World, Tom's Hardware, and many other outlets.

Roughly two million non-fiction words and one bald spot later, William reached middle age. He realized that he had just as many fiction words stored up in him, and they were not only eating away at his mind but also his hair. Now, in an effort to keep what hair is left, William is pounding out fiction as fast as his journalism schedule allows.

He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon with his wife and two sons. ...more

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If you follow this blog, I apologize for the hugely late notification. And if you're stumbling here from a Web search, well, hey -- thanks for looking me up! Allow me to redirect both groups to what will hopefully become my semi-permanent home on the Internet: http://www.williamvanwinkle.com/blog.html Blogger was a quick and easy way to get up and running with something, but now I'm to the poi Read more of this blog post »

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	The Followers - A Short Tale of the Civil War Undead 3.61 avg rating — 33 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
	BestFriend 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	Winston Chase and the Alpha Machine (Book 1) by William Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Bodhi St. John 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Architects of Tomorrow, Volume 1 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Winston Chase and the Omega Mesh (Book 3) by William Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Bodhi St. John 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Winston Chase and the Alpha Machine, Book 1 (Part 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Winston Chase and the Theta Factor (Book 2) by William Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Bodhi St. John 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Stay Cold - A Short Story 3.29 avg rating — 7 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
	Strange Horizons Retrospective 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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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Apr 05, 2012 10:26AM

{jordyn}♥ Zombielicious♥ wrote: "Thanks for the friend request. Id have no problem being a beta reader for your book, it sounds like the type of books I enjoy."

Great! Thank you. And I should add that this is only a short story (in this case), so it won't take long to read. I should have second draft ready to run next week. Thanks again, Jordyn!

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