Thriller Author - Dave Wickenden

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The Publishing Process Part #1

For a new or aspiring author, the publishing business can be a foreign landscape that catches the uninitiated off guard. It certainly...

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Sep 25, 2015

Found a New Home

Last evening, I attended my first meeting with the Sudbury Writer’s Guild. I was happy to meet a group of authors and poets in different...

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Sep 25, 2015

The Fall

The ground gave out beneath his feet and he felt the sick sensation of helplessness as he tumbled off the trail. The feeling was...

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Sep 12, 2015

Creating Dialogue

I find it easy to create dialogue by immersing myself into the character speaking. With two characters, it's like playing chess by...

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Sep 7, 2015

Creative Time

I love the quiet times at the cottage. Although I enjoy writing under the shade of maple and cedars during the heat of the day, early...

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Jul 16, 2015

Just read James Patterson’s “Zoo” in two days. I could not put the book down. Fast pace, horrifying

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Jul 4, 2015

I Wish You Could Know

• I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children at 3 AM, flames rolling above your head, your...

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Jun 25, 2015

Writer's Block?

I don’t understand the cliché of “Writer’s block.” I find that the more I write, the more ideas jump out at me. As I research the story...

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Jun 25, 2015

Short Story: Bleeding Out

This short story was my first entry into the world of writing. It deals with a very extremely deadly problem among First Responders and...

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Jun 14, 2015

Welcome

Welcome to my new Web Page. My name is Dave Wickenden and I am a retired Deputy Fire Chief, who has always wanted to be a writer. I...

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Jun 13, 2015

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Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger Cork O’Conner #18

Krueger never fails to deliver a great story. This is a prequel to the Cork O’Connor series. In this story, Cork is only 13-years-old...

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Blood Coup by William Stacey - Supernatural Activities Division #4

Wyatt Hood finds he has gained the magical powers of a Necromancer, the power of death. To be trained in its arts, he makes his way to...

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Marine Corps Magic by Willaim Stacey - Supernatural Activities Division #3

When a betrayal in India starts a war that makes it way to the States, Chloe Winters and Wyatt Hood are sent to New Jersey to determine...

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