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Darcy Daniel

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I've loved reading from an early age and fell in love with many genres, but was drawn most of all to thrillers and romances - leaving me ecstatic when I won the Charter Oak Golden Acorn contest for Best Contemporary Series Romance.

I'm lucky enough to live in a picturesque, historic small country town in Sydney, Australia with my two energetic dogs. ...more

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The Difference Between Australian and American English

Being a born and bred Aussie, I was raised on a steady entertainment diet of American television, American movies and American novels. When I grew up and started to write, I thought it made sense to use American spelling and Americanisms in my work since that is the market I wanted to aim at, and know for a fact that Australians consume far more American entertainment than anything else. My theory Read more of this blog post »

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“The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can be tall or short or fat or thin. They can obey the rules or break them. But they need to contain a charge. A live current, which shocks and illuminates.”
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message 3: by Rusty

May 23, 2014 08:14PM

Hi Darcy,

Thanks for your friendship. Come by for a spell, check out my dark fantasy books excerpts and leave a message.

Best Wishes
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message 2: by Beth

Jan 24, 2014 08:09AM

Thanks for being my friend. I'm fairly new to GR so it will take awhile to get up to speed. Any tips will be must appreciated. Beth L Barnett

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message 1: by Norman

Jan 19, 2014 08:47PM

Hi Darcy,
Glad you liked The Paper People...hope you had a chance to read all the chapters posted so far...more will be available in the days ahead.
I would appreciate any feedback, as I am about to begin revisions on this work-in -progress.
Thanks,
Norman

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