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Tim McDonald grew up in eastern Washington State and has worked in copy editing, teaching and the restaurant industry. He lives in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys skiing, hiking, softball, reading, writing, cooking and spending time with family.

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Conversing with the Devil No. 1

When I was at university, during my senior year, I took an English course from my favorite professor, Dr. Rona Kaufman and within that course, I wrote some short papers which I titled “Conversing with the Devil”. These were mostly snippets of larger problems wherein I’d write from an alternative perspective, sort of playing Devil’s Advocate. I’d like to begin that again now.

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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)

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The Arabian Nights

by Henry William Dulcken

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The Science of Pocket Billiards

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