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Rube Sands

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Thanks for all who visit my site and are gracious enough to read my new book! I appreciate and get so excited every time someone comments, clicks, blogs and downloads!

I have been writing for just over a year and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. Many, I wouldn't trade for the world. Others, I wouldn't necessarily want to repeat and have no intentions of doing so-certainly not on purpose.

As I look back, I don't have a single regret as far as the story line goes in the first 3 books but I do regret getting overly excited and publishing them too soon. Writing the books, let alone publishing them, was a gigantic leap for me. It began as a personal journey, to see if I could actually take myself to a whole new level, WELCOME!
Thanks for all who visit my site and are gracious enough to read my new book! I appreciate and get so excited every time someone comments, clicks, blogs and downloads!

I have been writing for just over a year and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. Many, I wouldn't trade for the world. Others, I wouldn't necessarily want to repeat and have no intentions of doing so-certainly not on purpose.

As I look back, I don't have a single regret as far as the story line goes in the first 3 books but I do regret getting overly excited and publishing them too soon. Writing the books, let alone publishing them, was a gigantic leap for me. It began as a personal journey, to see if I could actually take myself to a whole new level, venture beyond the confines of the box I had created for myself and I did! But, along the way it began to evolve into so much more.

After the third book, I finally came up for air and took a long, hard and critical look at my work. I shook my head a few times and said, "Oh my gosh!" more times than a few. I could have looked at this negatively and just walk away but I decided to embrace the mistakes, learn from them and strive to write better. I found out I love, love, love writing but I also realized I wanted to be better, not only for personal growth but more importantly, for everyone who takes the time to read my books. I am truly humbled.

That being said, I have never stopped writing and I believe the next releases will be even better. I can't promise there won't be mistakes (I don't know if any book is perfect) but I'm striving for improvement. I've slowed down, taken extra steps for better quality and have strong armed an editor into fixing my mistakes-bless her heart!

Thanks for giving me a chance to entertain you. Always love and welcome feedback. Thanks again for "all" the reviews and kind messages!

(PS) I don't know if I'll edit and re-publish the first series (I might) but for now, they serve as a reminder of where the journey began.
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	Into the Stars (Energy Series, Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 28 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
	Over The Moon (Energy Series, Book 2) 4.43 avg rating — 14 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
	Eclipse (Energy Series, book 3) 4.30 avg rating — 10 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

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Books in the works! FOUR of them to be exact! You should start seeing them this Summer!

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