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Al Ainsworth

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Andy Andrews, Matt Christopher, Jerry Jenkins, Mike Lupica, Tim Green, ...more

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My stories center around three values: family, story, and legacy. Written in various genres, my clean and inspiring stories land in the following genres:

Chrisitan Fiction (under pen name A. Ainsworth):
Lonesome, Party of Six
Lonesome Reunion
Two of a Kind: Working on an Empty House
Twenty Years Gone: Lonesome in the Heart of Texas
Broken Pane
Everybody Else's Wedding

Inheritance Wasted: The Prodigal
Heritage Restored: The Father
Legacy Scorned: The Older Brother

Biography:
Playing for Overtime: The David Lee Herbert Story

Memoir:
Lines in the Gravel
Stories from the Roller Coaster

Sports Fiction (for youth baseball players, parents, and coaches):
Coach Dave Season 1
Coach Dave Season 2: All-Stars
Coach Dave Season 3: Middle School
Coach Dave Season 4: Travel ...more

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Six Characters, One Problem: Lonesome, Party of Six

For different reasons, they are all lonely. I haven’t written much through email or social media about the new series I am writing. I have, however, written a lot, closing in on 200,000 words this year. That has me squarely into book three of a series that I will begin releasing in November. I am […]

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“Nostalgia reaches into the past with both hands to grasp what is already gone and likely never will be again. Legacy reaches into the past with one hand to grasp what is teachable and passes it forward with the other hand to the next generation.”
― Al Ainsworth, Lines in the Gravel

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“My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement”
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May 09, 2014 02:28PM

Stories beget stories.

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message 1: by Al (last edited Jan 12, 2015 05:16AM)

Apr 05, 2014 01:40PM

Nostalgia reaches into the past with both hands to try to grasp something that's already gone and likely never will be again. Legacy reaches into the past to grasp what is teachable and hands it forward with the other hand to the next generation.

Lines in the Gravel (and 52 Other Re-told Childhood Tales).

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