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Bridget McKenna

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Bridget McKenna was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has lived in a fair number of places since, including southern, central, and northern California, west Texas, northern Illinois, Seattle, and London.

In addition to writing, Bridget practices hypnotherapy, reads avidly (science fiction, fantasy, mystery, classics, and many flavors of nonfiction) and is hopelessly addicted to BBC historical dramas. She lives in Seattle, and writes for the computer games industry.

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Hail to the King - How I Wrote “A King in Exile”

I just published my short story “A King in Exile” to Amazon , iBooks , Kobo , Scribd , and Barnes & Noble . You can buy it for 99c or the local equivalent, or sign up for my newsletter and get it for free .

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	The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers 4.45 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2014	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 Amaranthine Heart 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012	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
	Dead Ahead 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Caught Dead 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1995	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
	Murder Beach 3.15 avg rating — 13 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
	End of an Aeon by Bridget McKenna (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marti McKenna (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	AEon Speculative Fiction Six by Bridget McKenna (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carrie Richerson, Jennifer Schwabach 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	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
	Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons: Thirteen Stories by Bridget McKenna (Goodreads Author), Marti McKenna (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
	Hole in the Wall - A Short Story 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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 Bard Effect 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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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“The manuscript is not the story.” It took me a minute to get that the first time I heard it, so I’ll say it again: The manuscript is not the story. The manuscript is where we put down the words we’re using to tell the story; it is not the story itself.”
― Bridget McKenna, The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers

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“The manuscript is not the story.”
― Bridget McKenna, The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers

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“Telling: He saw a ray of sunlight piercing the clouds. Showing: Sunlight pierced the clouds.”
― Bridget McKenna, The Little Book of Self-Editing for Writers

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