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Loni Townsend

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Loni Townsend
Wife. Mother. Writer. Ninja. Squirrel.

By day, she writes code. By predawn darkness, she writes fantasies. All other times, she writes in her head.

People call her peculiar with a twisted sense of fashion, but don't let those understatements fool you. Her behavior is perfectly normal for a squirrel disguised as a human. That's part of being an epic ninja—-blending in.

She makes her home in Idaho with her sadistically clever—-yet often thwarted-—husband, two frighteningly brilliant children, and a hoard of furry potatoes.

Blog — http://www.lonitownsend.com
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Average rating: 4.54 · 68 ratings · 40 reviews · 6 distinct works

	FULL DARK: An Anthology by Melissa Maygrove (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Loni Townsend (Goodreads Author), David Powers King (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — 5 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
	Thanmir War (Niniers, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 21 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
	This World Bites (Cera Chronicles, #1) 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Of Mist and Magic: Really Slow Motion by Samantha Redstreake Geary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Willoughby Burle, M. Pax (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	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 Ancient: An Anthology by The Seven by Catherine Valenti (Goodreads Author), Sherry Briscoe (Goodreads Author), Marlie Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	A Bit of a Twist: Read on the Run Anthology by Laurie Axinn Gienapp (Goodreads Author), Tracy Falenwolfe (Goodreads Author), Andrew Wentzell 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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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No Joke, I did it! #IWSG

It’s the first, and the first Wednesday of the month. And for this Insecure Writer’s Support Group post, I’m happy to report…

I finished my rewrite of book 1!

It took over a year, and there were a few chapters I had to rework on the fly as critiquers took issue with them, but I have finally finished the redraft of Thanmir War. It came out to the same length as I thought it would: 171K. I get teased

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