Ten years in development
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780 pages
227,000 words
The final manuscript of my sci-fi/fantasy novel Netheral is finished.
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- Brian Niemeier
- Author of fiction and non-fiction works with a history and theology background.
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2 comments:
Hey glad to see this up and I have been reading through it. I'd really like it if this set up had an RSS feed I could subscribe to so it would alert me when you post something new.
Just a thought since most modern blogs have RSS now.
Good call. I'll see what I can do.
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