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Hello, my name is Thomas, Been lurking for awhile and thought I'd finally 'fess up. The information exchange here is priceless, so thanks for that. Currently living on the coast in Monterey. (It seemed to work for Steinbeck and Robert Louis Stevenson, so....) Ex- US Marine, military journalist, freelancer, bouncer to rock stars, bartender to academics, professional student, traveler, raconteur, lately a product of the UC Berkeley Extension writing program. Been stomping terra for over half a century & lived to tell the tale, so I'm shopping a debut novel around to any takers (military fiction, 100K words, funny, tragic). Pretty good at blackjack. Okay at chess. Can't jump rope to save my ass, but I can dance all right & swing a mean golf club. I have a cat named Alice, and I play guitar & sing when no one is around. Or during writer's block. Which probably sucks for my neighbors sometimes.
 
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Hello from a fellow (recent) Californian! And welcome to non-lurkdom :)
 

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so I'm shopping a debut novel around to any takers (military fiction, 100K words, funny, tragic).

Hello, What is meant by this. You want someone to read your book? Anyhow, welcome. I'm still a bit of a lurker. I read military fiction sometimes. I liked Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes; Five years in the French Foreign Legion, Simon Murray;Cain at Gettysburg, Ralph Peterson; and the Black 33 and 34 by James Jonahue are fun too. Military can be good reads, hope you had fun writing it.

j
 

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Man alive, those are some credentials. if you've drawn from half of that experience in your novels, it's going to be pretty Bad-ass. Best of luck with shopping it around. Let us know when it's snapped up.
 

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Hello, What is meant by this. You want someone to read your book? Anyhow, welcome. I'm still a bit of a lurker. I read military fiction sometimes. I liked Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes; Five years in the French Foreign Legion, Simon Murray;Cain at Gettysburg, Ralph Peterson; and the Black 33 and 34 by James Jonahue are fun too. Military can be good reads, hope you had fun writing it.

j

It means I am trying to sell it, LazyDaze. ;-)