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Evan Williams

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Hendersonville, NC, The United States

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http://www.evanwilliamsauthor.com

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Fiction, Memoir, Historical Fiction

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J.R.R. Tolkien (master of imagination) John Parris (local newspaper wr ...more

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June 2012

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Stepping off the front porch I'm greeted by the same forty acres of orchard that has been home to multiple generations of my family. I'm no less rooted to the land than the hundreds of apple trees that populate my tiny kingdom. I can't help but feel that I grew up in a Grant Wood painting—rural Americana at its finest.
Turns out after decades of unrelated career pursuits, I'm an author, a novelist, a poet. Words swirl in my head in cyclonic fashion, latching onto others, igniting ideas, formulating phrases that evolve into paragraphs, combining and combining, tempestuously giving birth to stories that will not relent until they are incorporated into print. I am merely the conduit between the original thought and the keyboard, exploring th ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 268 ratings · 57 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ripples 4.03 avg rating — 33 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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	One Apple at a Time 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Para Fictions by Evan Williams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Natasha Hoare (Editor), Jean-Max Colard (Contributor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I lost a friend today. More than a friend actually, someone I had resonated with for more than thirty years—a blindingly bright personality in a world of too often beige individuals. Full of smiles, even to the end of a long health battle. Setting a standard so high, who could match it? Too soon gone. Altogether missed.

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“Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for really long time ... identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.”
― Evan Williams

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“Life's too short to wait to read.”
― Evan Williams

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