For Writers by Hugh Howey
Tips for writers from Hugh Howey, as shared on his blog.
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Ever Shade (A Dark Faerie Tale #1) by Alexia Purdy (complete)
A dark twist on Faeries. For Shade, a chance meeting with a powerful Teleen faery warrior who wields electrical currents and blue fires along his skin has her joining him on a treacherous mission for the good Seelie Faerie Court across the land of Faerie. Magic and malice abound and nothing is what it really seems to...
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Elle's Journey (Book I, Foretold Trilogy)
When Elle is spirited away from everything she knows, she soon finds that starving might be a blessing compared to the evil following her and the danger ahead of her. She is guided by the Hunter – a young man haunted by a dead woman, and the Shadow – a creature at war with himself. The Protector travels from the West...
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A Clockwork Fairytale: Prologue & Chapter One
A Clockwork Fairytale Highlights! A Victorian-style, historical fantasy world. Magical Earth Jinns, Foul Jinns and Silver Serpents. Clockwork devices powered by Jinns. A lost princess and the handsome young spymaster who finds her. First love, coming-of-age story. Summary Abandoned as a young child, plucky, seventeen...
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Brightest Kind of Darkness - Opening Chapters (1 of 5)
Brightest Kind of Darkness is a dark paranormal YA full of mystery, adventure, romance, and even a touch of horror. Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…...
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Death Wish: Book I (The Vamp Saga)
Eight years into the future... Vampires not only exist, they control the Pharmaceutical Industry, the Global Six, the Gaming Industry and the world. Manon Mourey, a Let It Ride card dealer at Transylvania Hotel, Spa & Casino in Summerlin, is nothing special when Mikkel Damgaard enters her life. Fortunately for Mano...
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That Butt Naked Godly Being With A Lovely Six Pack.
After the mother of Corinne (Corey) Tyson, falls victim of a fatal wolf attack, Corey's father becomes extremely paranoid when Corey is out wandering the woods after the sun sets. With her father's extremely vocalized hatred of the wolves that wander the darken woods, Corey feels ashamed that she is fascinated by a w...
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Troll or Derby by Red Tash
In Troll Or Derby, fifteen-year-old Roller Deb is singled out by town bullies for both her skates, and her sexual orientation. When her popular homecoming queen of a sister is kidnapped by a scuzzy drug dealer, Deb must flee the trailer park in which she's grown up, and rescue her. Along the way, Deb becomes enmeshed...
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Magickal Vendetta - A Short Story
Revenge is a dish best served up in a pink saucepan for accident-prone blood witch, Gretchen. By harnessing the power of Halloween, she hopes to break the bond with the soulmate who did her wrong.
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The Grey God (Book IV, War of Gods)
The Grey God Darian can’t quite shake off the dark streak remaining after the thousands of years he spent enslaved by evil – or the memory of how the only woman he loved betrayed him. When given a second chance at life and love, Darian struggles to leave his past behind, before it destroys his future. The warrior dest...
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Dark Summer (Book I, Witchling Series)
A girl with a broken past and a dark secret. A boy with a twisted future and no second chances. When they meet, it just might cost them their souls. Sixteen-year-old Summer doesn't expect the new boarding school to be any different than the rest: a temporary stay where everyone will turn against her after a few weeks...
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The Zombie Handbook from The Vampire Handbook
So, after a painstakingly long soul-searching (at least five minutes) and after grappling with the possible fate of your immortal soul (who cares if you’re not going to die, anyway), you’ve decided to become a vampire. Congratulations! But before beginning that dark and shadowed journey into a life of eternal damnat...
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Romance Novel, a paranormal parody
Smella Rosepetal must find a millionaire husband to finance her baby’s heart transplant. She flies home to her father’s ranch in Pitchforks, Texas, where she falls in love with Deadward Forest, a wealthy environmentalist vampire. When a deranged murderer is on the loose in Pitchforks, killing romance heroines, Deadw...
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Melvin the Dry Cleaning Zombie and Vampire Shoe Warehouse
Melvin, the Dry Cleaning Zombie Ever since Melvin could remember, he’s had a crush on dry cleaning customer, Simone. Too bad he’s a zombie and can’t remember much. If only Simone would be his girl, or at the very least, let Melvin eat the gooey matter inside her cranium. Simone is fed up with her egotistical boyfrien...
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The Village of Those Who Touch the Dead
A short story set in the world of the Norothian Cycle, a Musket & Magic fantasy series combining Asian, Polynesian, and some classic fantasy (European) motifs. First appeared in The Halloween Collection from the Eclective, free from all e-retailers.
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The Sable City, Book I of the Norothian Cycle
The first volume of a Musket & Magic fantasy series: The Norothian Cycle, by M. Edward McNally. An epic adventure combining Polynesian, Asian, and Classic Fantasy (more European) motifs. Presently five volumes (The Sable City, Death of a Kingdom, The Wind from Miilark, Devil Town, The Channel War) are available everyw...
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Devil Town, Chapter One
Chapter One of the forthcoming fourth volume of the Norothian Cycle by M. Edward McNally, continuing the story begun with The Sable City, Death of a Kingdom, and the Wind from Miilark.
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Something Different
rated R for graphic m/m sex, angst and violence. Unhappily married Michael Maguire decides to do something different. Setting out to hire a female prostitute, Michael instead finds blue-eyed, beautiful James Campbell. Tempted in ways he never imagined, Michael embarks on a sexual adventure with a rent boy from London'...
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The Storm Dragon's Heart
A teenage wizard burdened with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a bat-winged daemon that doubles as a diary embark on a dangerous journey in a world teeming with monsters and magic.
