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    Release Date for THE BLOOD KEY!
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Nov 20, 2016
    • 1 min

    Release Date for THE BLOOD KEY!

    It's been along time coming but THE BLOOD KEY is available for pre-order! Click HERE for the Amazon link. THE BLOOD KEY's official releas...
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    Hope, Time and Writing.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • May 30, 2016
    • 5 min

    Hope, Time and Writing.

    In the beginning, I wrote with wonder. I wondered what the hell I was doing. I wondered how I was going to finish writing my book. I wond...
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    April Fools - Perfect Day for a Cover Reveal!
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Apr 1, 2016
    • 1 min

    April Fools - Perfect Day for a Cover Reveal!

    So, in honor of April Fool's Day I'm actually not going to trick you. Here is the Book Five cover in all of its Nathalia Suellen created ...
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    Author Interview: Suzanne Kelman
    By Vaun Murphrey
    • Mar 24, 2016
    • 5 min

    Author Interview: Suzanne Kelman

    Today I have an author guest by the name of Suzanne Kelman! So, you’re here to promote your book ‘The Rejected Writers’ Book Club’ and I’...
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    Podcast with Blondie & the Brit!
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jan 24, 2016
    • 1 min

    Podcast with Blondie & the Brit!

    I had my first podcast interview with the wonderful and entertaining Blondie & the Brit this January. If you haven't had a chance to come...
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    Dueling Ideas.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jan 6, 2016
    • 2 min

    Dueling Ideas.

    I swear my ideas are going to set each other's flags on fire. What could be the problem with this? Well, let's see, here are some thought...
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    Living In The Moment.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Nov 23, 2015
    • 1 min

    Living In The Moment.

    Tragedy. Noun. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circ...
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    Distractions and Apathy.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Oct 20, 2015
    • 1 min

    Distractions and Apathy.

    Fight the good fight! That's what I tell myself daily as I drag my butt out of bed and stare at a glowing screen before the rest of the h...
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    No End of Ideas.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Sep 29, 2015
    • 1 min

    No End of Ideas.

    I've got no end of ideas of late, but I'm finding it harder than ever to write. Perhaps it is the endless waiting game of writing itself....
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    I Had Dinner With the Nicest New York Times Bestselling Author Last Night!
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Aug 25, 2015
    • 1 min

    I Had Dinner With the Nicest New York Times Bestselling Author Last Night!

    It isn't often that an established (and busy!) professional, in whatever your field, goes out of their way to encourage up and comers. An...
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    Plowing Through the Never's, Impossibles and I Can't Do That's.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Aug 14, 2015
    • 1 min

    Plowing Through the Never's, Impossibles and I Can't Do That's.

    I'm in a strange state of suspended animation. One would think that a person who'd written four books already would not just believe but ...
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    A Little Ramble.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jul 17, 2015
    • 2 min

    A Little Ramble.

    Today is a day of tired. You can't help but have them. Most of us human beings in the United States don't get enough rest - at least acco...
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    Reviews: The Great, the Helpful and the Mean by Vaun Murphrey.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jul 1, 2015
    • 3 min

    Reviews: The Great, the Helpful and the Mean by Vaun Murphrey.

    First of all, part of being a writer or entertainer of any sort, is receiving critique's or reviews of your work. How we receive the infl...
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    I have too many To-Do's.
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jun 25, 2015
    • 2 min

    I have too many To-Do's.

    I am without a doubt responsible for my own disctractions. Lamentations about time and how it used to be so much easier when I only had t...
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    #AmWritingChallenge
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Jun 2, 2015
    • 2 min

    #AmWritingChallenge

    In June I've begun participation in the #amwritingchallenge and I'm enjoying it so far. I have a few weeks yet to go on my twelve week 'T...
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    When you wake up to barf explosions...
    By Vaun Murphrey
    • May 18, 2015
    • 2 min

    When you wake up to barf explosions...

    So apparently you can have all sorts of random thoughts when your four year old wakes you in the middle of the night covered in barf. I'v...
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    THE BLOOD KEY (Cover by Ian Taylor)
    Vaun Murphrey
    • May 7, 2015
    • 1 min

    THE BLOOD KEY (Cover by Ian Taylor)

    THE BLOOD KEY is the first book in another science fiction series I've begun called The Wander Series. I've been writing in stops and sta...
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    The release of PHOENIX approaches!
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Apr 19, 2015
    • 1 min

    The release of PHOENIX approaches!

    I hope to have another signing in June, 2015 at Barnes & Noble in honor of the PHOENIX release. Stay tuned for more details.
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    Interview with Reviewer Lexi Smith.
    By Vaun Murphrey, Covers by Nathalia Suellen
    • Mar 28, 2015
    • 1 min

    Interview with Reviewer Lexi Smith.

    I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Lexi Smith this week and she is an emerging author herself! Lexi has read the first three books i...
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    Is it really lack of time or are you trying to do too much?
    Vaun Murphrey
    • Mar 3, 2015
    • 1 min

    Is it really lack of time or are you trying to do too much?

    I am not a super powered, invincible, tireless, do-it-all and I shouldn't be. None of those things exist unless you're reading fiction or...
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