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Daniel D. Watkins

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Daniel Watkins has written seven novels and is working on his latest novella, Kissimi and the Kid. His debut novel, Glengoth was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards (2012). His fourth novel, Where Are the Songs of Spring? is about a family's journey from the Egyptian revolution of 2011 to a dystopian future in 2020. The novel won a finalist medal in the Next Generation Indie Awards (2013) and received a Notable Book award (2013) from Shelf Unbound literary e-zine. Portrait of a Landscape, set in artists' colonies of New York and St. Ives, received a finalist medal in the Readers' Favorites Book Awards (2013). His novel, Spaceman Daddy was released in November 2014. In 2019, the completed Malcotte Worms trilogy was made available ...more

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	Portrait of a Landscape 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	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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	Where are the Songs of Spring? 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	The Malcotte Worms 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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Narratives don’t give us reality or truth but we live by narratives because they give us meaning. And meaning, the way we interpret sequences of events, is more important to us than truth. It’s in this way that history, our own sense of our lives and who we are and what we do, is fictional. In war, for example, there may be many sides. Each side interprets the chains of cause and effect, so-called Read more of this blog post »

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Montessori: A Modern Approach

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I think art only exists when it's being made. It's like a flower. Once picked, it starts to die.”
― Daniel D. Watkins, Where are the Songs of Spring?

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“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

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“From Portrait of a Landscape

I think art only exists when it's being made. It's like a flower. Once picked, it starts to die.”
― Daniel D. Watkins, Where are the Songs of Spring?

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“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.”
― David Hume

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