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John A. Daly

Colorado Author of the Sean Coleman Thriller Novels | Political/Media Commentator

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The Sloppy Art of Survival | Excerpt from Broken Slate

October 18, 2017October 23, 2017 johndaly  Blog, Excerpts, Featured  fiction writing, protagonist, reluctant hero, survival

In real life, impulsiveness is a more genuine reaction to adversity than calm, rational thinking. I’ve mentioned in a number of interviews over the years that I wasn’t a big fan of novels when I was a kid. In fact, I wasn’t much of a pleasure-reader at all. If one of my teachers wasn’t assigning […]

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From a Dead Sleep From a Dead Sleep (Sean Coleman Thriller #1)
reviews: 37
ratings: 95 (avg rating 4.18)

Blood Trade Blood Trade (Sean Coleman Thriller #2)
reviews: 20
ratings: 47 (avg rating 4.19)

Broken Slate Broken Slate (Sean Coleman Thriller #3)
ratings: 1 (avg rating 5.00)

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