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Michael McClung

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Michael McClung was born in San Antonio, Texas, but now lives in Europe. He has had the requisite number of odd jobs expected of a speculative fiction author, including soldier, book store manager, and bowling alley pin boy. His first book, the Sword & Sorcery novel "Thagoth," won the Del Rey Digital first novel competition in 2002 and was published by Random House in 2003.

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Michael McClung Hi Indi,

I'm still working on The Thief Who Went to War. Knock on wood, it will be out before the end of the year. You can watch this page; I'll be put…more
Hi Indi,

I'm still working on The Thief Who Went to War. Knock on wood, it will be out before the end of the year. You can watch this page; I'll be putting up a blog post as it gets to a stage where people might ant to think about buying or pre-ordering.

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Michael McClung Just write. Don't worry about anything at first except setting down the words. Everything else comes from that. Don't worry if it's all horrible; you …moreJust write. Don't worry about anything at first except setting down the words. Everything else comes from that. Don't worry if it's all horrible; you are never the best judge of your own work, and if it stinks? So what? Write more. Write better. But write.(less)
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Right then. How's everyone?

 I remembered that I have a blog!Let's just pretend that I've been updating this regularly, shall we? We can avoid any embarrassing, uncomfortable questions, like 'what have you been doing all this time' or 'where's that money you owe me' and such.The only solid info I have for you is that all the Amra Thetys books now have a hardcover edition. Well, they call it a case laminate edition. You know
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“Sometimes theft can be as simple and direct as a fist in an unsuspecting face, and sometimes it can be as complex as a military operation.”
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“I'd always assumed hair was an integral part of any hairstyle.”
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“I feel obligated to tell you that adventures are, on a whole, stunningly bad ideas, best avoided at all costs.”
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“Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.”
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“Sometimes theft can be as simple and direct as a fist in an unsuspecting face, and sometimes it can be as complex as a military operation.”
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“But instead of thinking myself as better, or more, I came to the realization long ago that I am simply other.”
Michael McClung, The Thief Who Wasn't There

“Nematos? Who’s that?” “The god of murder.” “That’s, uh, not good.” “Well, he’s supposed to be chained up until the end of the world.” “Maybe he escaped?” “He certainly wasn’t let out for good behavior. Apparently one of the few things all the gods agreed upon was how much they hated Nematos’s guts.”
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“If’ is a foul, foul word,” I muttered. “Strange I never noticed before.”
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