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Jim Melvin's avatar

Hi Daniel! Thank you yet again for your kind words. There are people out there who churn out six books a year or more, though I have no idea how they do it. I'm definitely helped by being recently retired, but my wife is still working so I've still got plenty to do around the house. I'm a daily calendar kind of guy, and I keep very close track of how many words I write each day, to the point of being a bit obsessive about it. 😀

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Oh man, I’ve not started reading this yet, Jim, but this excerpt was so good, I think I’m going to start straight away! 😁

Your speed of writing on those first two books is astonishing and I take my hat off to you as doing the work is something I have always struggled with. It’s also probably why I never finished writing all the books I started over the last 30 years

I’m taking a two week break from writing to catch up on my day to day work so we’ll see how we do when I get back to Substack

Thanks as always for the excerpts and advice, Jim 👍🏼

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Jim Melvin's avatar

Thanks Daniel!!!! That's very nice of you to say.

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Jim Melvin's avatar

Hi Mike! This is nice of you to ask. I do have four ARC readers, though I wouldn't officially consider them a group. 😀 Books 1 and 2 are already out, but Book 3 will be ready for them to look at in mid- to late February. If you're interested, that would be great! I can return the favor.

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Daniel W. Davison's avatar

I received the first volume of “Do You Believe in Magic” last week. I’m impressed with the characters and the smooth prose. Great job!

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Mike's avatar

Do you have an ARC reader group? If so, please include me. If not, please consider it

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