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Benjamin Shepherd Quiñones

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Benjamin Shepherd Quiñones is an author, educator, translator, and advocate for LGBT equality. Currently, he is a graduate student at Lehigh University, where he studies Counseling & Human Services in the hopes of becoming a licensed professional counselor. In his free time, he enjoys reading urban fantasy novels and X-Men comics, listening and dancing to Latin music, swimming, and eating spicy food.

He wrote his first novel, The Gene Pull, when he was only 18 years old, originally for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Shortly after, he competed in Harmony Ink Press's Young Authors Challenge and won with his short story, Glitterhead (see Harmonious Hearts anthology). He hasn't stopped writing since and plans to release another novel
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? LIFE.

I know, I know… where have I been!? It’s been… approximately 161 days since my last post (QUE!?). I swear, I didn’t intend to let myself go like this, but life was calling. I answered, and it sucked me in. Like a crazed vacuum.


This is not to say I don’t normally answer to life’s knocks, but I pride myself in being able to let life in and out as I please so I can write. I’ve only been able to write

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Published on October 24, 2013 23:54

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Benjamin Quiñones Please like The Gene Pull's facebook page! I'll owe you one.

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Benjamin Quiñones Cindi wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Benjamin. :)"

No problem! :) Also, we have one thing in common. Quite a few things actually, but most importantly: the belief that chocolate is the cure to anything! :P


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Cindi Thanks for the friend request, Benjamin. :)


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