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Claude Dancourt

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Genre
Romance, Suspense, Fantasy

Influences
Nora Roberts, Amanda Quick, James Rollins

Member Since
September 2011

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French-Canadian with a passion for words and applied science.

Housing one plant and a psychotic cat. Addicted to Star Wars, Black Tea and baking cookies.

Still looking to build a time machine.


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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Claude Dancourt I learnt not to stress over it too much. If I have 100 words I like, it doesn't matter if it took one week to get there. Better to write slowly, and k…moreI learnt not to stress over it too much. If I have 100 words I like, it doesn't matter if it took one week to get there. Better to write slowly, and keep it, than force a thousand words on the page, and delete the whole thing afterward.(less)
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Claude Dancourt Keep writing! Don't let anything or anyone pulling you down. Write for yourself first.…moreKeep writing! Don't let anything or anyone pulling you down. Write for yourself first.(less)
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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.98 · 56 ratings · 30 reviews · 9 distinct works
Moonshadows
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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Second Chances
4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Return to Caer Lon
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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Reckless illusions
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Finders Keepers
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015
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Shipped and Handled
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Something's Gotta Give
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Kingdom of Bones (Sigma Force, #16)
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Rating this book was hard for two (or maybe three) reasons.
1) the ending almost broke my heart. No, I won't tell. But I vote for Kong or Otto.
2) I couldn't put it down. Self-explanatory.
3) the plot sometimes felt like Deja Vu. Take Amazonia, Crucible ...more
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Review Group: This topic has been closed to new comments. * Group 44 (clean) 105 130 Nov 20, 2014 02:33AM  
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Walt Disney Company
“I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.”
― Walt Disney Company
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Frederick Douglass
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass
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Martin Luther King Jr.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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Reviews are very important for Self-Published (SP), and Indie authors, just as they are for others. Unfortunately, though, many SP/Indie books don't g ...more
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A community for independent authors and fans of indie books to discuss books, offer ARCs, share tips and engage with others. Or simply to flail about ...more
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