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Chip Putnam

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Born in Panama as a certified army brat, I've spent the majority of my life in North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I've spent the last twenty years investigating the human condition as a high school science teacher. I've been an avid reader all of my life and have long since lost count of the number of books that I have read. Storytelling has always been a component of my teaching. A few years ago, I decided to turn those stories into writings and have won several contests for my short stories. My favorite genre is anything I haven't already explored. To date, I have created tales from romantic comedy to the paranormal to the life of a high school teacher. Although, to be honest, the paranorm ...more

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Chip Putnam I've written five novel length manuscripts. When writer's block hit this summer, I quit trying to force the words to flow and revisited those other ma…moreI've written five novel length manuscripts. When writer's block hit this summer, I quit trying to force the words to flow and revisited those other manuscripts. I checked them over, made sure the plot flowed, eliminated as many typos as I could find, and tuned up the story. I'm working on my third one now and will have to stop the process. A new story is working its way through my head. Writer's block solved.(less)
Chip Putnam The best thing about being a writer is bringing the thoughts that have run through the fields of my imagination into the real world.
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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

It's April 14th and I happy to report that I survived the second round. Mr. Judy: The Advice Man is in the third round.
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“Books are for inspiration, for enlightenment, for enjoyment, but never for domination.”
Chip Putnam, The Guardians of Knowledge: When the Books Go Bad

“Books, Lila Bacon was convinced, shouldn’t be taught in a way that could put a hyperactive insomniac out like a light.”
Chip Putnam, The Guardians of Knowledge: When the Books Go Bad (Volume 1) by Chip Putnam

“The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.”
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