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Andrew Ball

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Andrew Stephen Ball is an indie author and pharmacist. He practices in New Hampshire, where he lives with his fiance. He's a lifelong enthusiast of fantasy and science fiction, the genres in which he spends most of his time when writing.

He does not trust people who don't like chocolate.

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Really enjoyed Contractor -- it was an incredibly fun read. How's Prisoner coming along? I saw your 1/2016 update on facebook. Any news since then?

Andrew Ball No news since then!

School, school, school, SCHool, schOOOOL, 5ch001, school,
ARGH

Ahem.

Don't worry, when I have something substantial to say I will pos…moreNo news since then!

School, school, school, SCHool, schOOOOL, 5ch001, school,
ARGH

Ahem.

Don't worry, when I have something substantial to say I will post it. I don't like updating without anything real to update! When I feel comfortable giving a date, do not worry, you'll have it!(less)

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Did someone help you edit your books or find problems with them? I'd love to write my own, because yours inspired me to even try writing, but I am not sure where I could get some criticism I desperately need. Are there any sites you would recommend or if you have any advice in this topic?

Andrew Ball For editing, I had several people read it: my mother, my older sister, and a good close friend! Of course, I combed through the entire story myself pr…moreFor editing, I had several people read it: my mother, my older sister, and a good close friend! Of course, I combed through the entire story myself probably six or seven times all together. I realize that's not possible for yourself, though.

In the course of writing several novels (Contractor is just the only one I've published) I've encountered other writers as I've sought advice on both style and mechanics from across the internet. Exchanges with them have been extremely helpful. What you see in Contractor is not just experience I picked up from writing it, but lessons I've learned from earlier (crappier) things that I've written.

There's a lot of writing communities out on the internet, a lot of forums. Many of these have self-help groups and offer friendly exchange editing; you edit theirs, they help edit yours. You could try looking for those resources. Many forums have plenty of volunteer editors happy to read new content! Here is one such critique-exchange community which is one of the best:

http://www.critique.org/

If that doesn't work, you could try a paid editing service! However, depending on the quality of editing, this can be expensive, especially if your work is long (editors typically charge by the word, so more words = more money!)

I hope that is helpful!(less)

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Average rating: 4.2 · 2,872 ratings · 159 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Contractor (The Contractors, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 2,433 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Prisoner (The Contractors, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 2020 — 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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Alright Contractor fans, I've got some good news, and I've got some bad news.

Bad news first: The sequel to Contractor, "Prisoner", is getting pushed back. I got off the plane from vacation and they've already got me memorizing buckets of useless nonsense at pharmacy school (something about life-threatening side-effects, but hey, it's probably not that important). I was able to get a little writing Read more of this blog post »

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“So I’m the Flash?" Xik frowned, baffled. "Afraid I’m not familiar." "He’s a superhero." "Superhero?" "A hero," Daniel said, "only super." "…how illuminating." "Don’t worry about it.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

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“A multiverse hurtling toward an inevitable heat death 100 trillion years in the future. An alien race of religious fanatics bent on absorbing all sentient life. Another alien race fighting back. A world of magicians living in secret. And himself, a contractor, a human Vorid that could absorb his enemies and grow stronger. All in less than 24 hours. And here he was, relaxing on his roof. Maybe video games really did desensitize you to this stuff. Except if he died, he wasn’t going to pop back to life.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

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“War is young men dying and old men talking.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

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