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Interact with Shawn Grady
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Last On: Oct 12, 2009 - 1:04 AM
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October 8, 2008
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Reno, NV
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shoutlife.com/shawngrady
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http://www.shawngradybooks.com
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General Fiction
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Bethany House
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Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, William Shakespeare, Orson Scott Card, Leif Enger, Marilynne Robinson, James Scott Bell
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Through the Fire (2009)
Firefighting burns in Aidan O'Neill's blood. The son of a fireman, O'Neill has a sixth sense about fire and often takes dangerous risks. When one act of disobedience nearly gets a rookie killed, O'Neill is suspended. His weeks off are supposed to be a time to reflect but instead he escapes to Mexico, where another rash act of bravery actually kills him. But only for a few minutes.
Called back to Reno, he's now haunted by visions of hell and paralyzed in the face of fire. And at the worst time, because an arsonist is targeting Reno. With a growing love interest with one of the investigators complicating everything, Aidan must discover where his trust rests as the fires creep ever closer.
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I'm a novelist who has served as a firefighter and paramedic in Reno, Nevada for over a decade. I'm married with three children and also live in Reno, just outside of Lake Tahoe.
My debut novel, Through the Fire, officially released with Bethany House Publishers in July 2009, and is available through bookstores everywhere. More information on my writing, including first chapter downloads, can be found at shawngradybooks.com.
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The Pub House Editing Process: Part 3
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3/26/2009 - 3:10 PM
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3. The Copy Edit
At this point the copy editor is making sure that sentences are correctly punctuated and also provides a second set of eyes on the text that might pick up a thing or two that the line editor either left behind on purpose- to ...
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The Pub House Editing Process: Part 2
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3/08/2009 - 2:07 PM
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2. The Line Edit
This for me was an enjoyable phase in the process. It's when I really saw Through the Fire tighten and come together in a ready to be bound and paginated form. At this point, my line editor, Karen Schurrer, would send me quest...
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The Pub House Editing Process
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3/08/2009 - 1:46 PM
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Hey writers,
Just thought I'd weigh in on a little of my recent experience in the publishing world from the editing side. I didn't know quite what to expect from the layers of editing or how exactly the process worked coming into this. I'm sure it...
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Through the Fire Featured on Relz Reviewz
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11/25/2008 - 1:40 AM
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Through the Fire was recently featured on RelzReviewz alongside Robin Parrish's Off World and Tom Morrisey's Pirate Hunter.
Click the above link or cut and paste this address to check it out:
http://relzreviewz.blogspot.com/2008/11/bethany-boo...
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Through the Fire now available for pre-order
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11/25/2008 - 1:33 AM
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Through the Fire (slated for a July 1st, 2009 release) just became available for pre-order.
Find out more about the novel by clicking here.
or cut and paste this address:
http://www.bethanyhouse.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=0477683E4046...
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