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Richard Stephens
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January 2013
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Pirate Tales (Salty Tails Mystery, #1)
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2013
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Vanished Tales
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2013
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Obsession Tales
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2013
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Brandon and the Red Backpack
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Walter's Folly (Rusty Nails #1)
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An Awesome day To Be On The Water
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Santa Monica Bay, California,
Summer of 1982
“Wow! What an awesome day to be on the water,” Denise yelled to her boyfriend Thomas, as he trimmed the sails of his boat.
He smiled back, “Every day’s a great day to be on the water.”
“Oh, silly, you know what I mean.”
The late afternoon sun hung high over the dark blue Pacific Ocean, and a warm August wind blew a steady twelve knots from t
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“Colorful characters are the odd shaped pieces that fill the holes in life's puzzle.”
― Pirate Tales
― Pirate Tales
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“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”
― On Writing
― On Writing
“Colorful characters are the odd shaped pieces that fill the holes in life's puzzle.”
― Pirate Tales
― Pirate Tales
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
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“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
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Hi RichardMany thanks for becoming a Goodread friend.
Richard Kinsella
Hi RichardI have just started Pirate Tails and I love it.
You have a great style to your writing. I can't wait to finish it because it is great
Mary ann
Richard,I really enjoyed reading Pirate Tales. You have a very smooth and readable writing style.
Keep up the good work!
Hi Richard,Thank you for the friend invite. I look forward to exchanging ideas with you.
Roxanna
Thank C.J., it's always fun to connect with a fellow teller of tales.
C.J. Heck
Hello Richard,
It's such a pleasure having you for a friend. I am looking forward to reading your work! Thank you and best wishes to you.
Warmest regards,
CJ
Anatomy of a Poet
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You might want to try the J.D. Robb version of Nora Robert. better stories, not so sappy or predictable also you might want to figure out how to get your own books downloadable to the various readers and bypass the regular publishing. Maybe make the first few free.
If you pick up the JD rob books try them in order. I've listened to most of them.
