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Mark Venturini

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Pittsburgh, The United States

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http://markventurinijourney.blogspot.com/

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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Mark's flash and short stories have appeared in various print and online magazines. His mid-grade fantasy novel "Whispers from Forbidden Earth" for ages 9-13 was released on Amazon on 10/18/2013
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Conclusion of my Interview with Mythic Orbits Creator, Travis Perry

This is the 3rd and final revolution of my interview with Travis Perry, the driving force behind the Mythic Orbits anthology. In this installment I admit to my struggles as a writer of speculative fiction who also identifies himself as a person of faith.

Mark: Early in my writing journey I struggled with the type of stories I wanted to write. As a person of faith, do I write ficti Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.3 · 67 ratings · 32 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Mythic Orbits 2016: Best Speculative Fiction by Christian Authors by Travis Perry (Editor), Kerry Nietz (Goodreads Author), Mark Venturini (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Whispers from Forbidden Earth 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Medieval Mars: The Anthology by Travis Perry (Editor), Kat Heckenbach (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Allison Rohan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Contact (Colony Zero #1) by Travis Perry, Mark Carver (Goodreads Author), Mark Venturini (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014	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
	Colony Zero - Complete Series 1 by Lisa Godfrees (Goodreads Author), Tracy Krauss (Goodreads Author), Travis Perry 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	In The Midst of Sorrow (Colony Zero #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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
	Darker Passages 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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
	For The Children (Colony Zero II #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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
	Voices of Song and Silence - excerpt from 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Entry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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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“NO greater love has a husband for his wife than to watch a 2hr documentary on an elite ballet competition.”
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“NO greater love has a husband for his wife than to watch a 2hr documentary on an elite ballet competition.”
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message 3: by L

Jan 08, 2014 01:09AM

Dear Mark,
Thank you so much for the friendship request! I really look forward to future book discussions with you, and hope to have the chance to check out your work too.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x

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message 2: by Mark

Oct 06, 2012 07:42PM

Karen wrote: "Great seeing you in here brother!!!!"
All I need to do now is see what this site is all about.

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Oct 06, 2012 01:50PM

Great seeing you in here brother!!!!

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