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“The best reward you can get as an author is that people like your stuff.” – MJ Preston Today’s featured author is Canadian Military Veteran, photographer, and trucker, MJ Preston. MJ shares how he became a writer, what inspires his...
“The best reward you can get as an author is that people like your stuff.” – MJ Preston
Today’s featured author is Canadian Military Veteran, photographer, and trucker, MJ Preston. MJ shares how he became a writer, what inspires his stories and tons more….along with dad jokes.
Key Things You’ll Learn:
Where he gets his ideas from.
How observation helps you develop content for your books.
The other genre MJ plans to write in the future.
Readers are the reason why you write a story.
MJ’s Site: https://www.mjpreston.net/
MJ’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/MJ-Preston/e/B005JTQMZY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The opening track is titled, "Ragtown" by madxruler (formally known as Ruler Inc.) Click the following link to cop this track and the entire album. https://madxruler.bandcamp.com/track/ragtown
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