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A.K. Kuykendall

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Born

in Albany, Georgia, The United States

November 23, 1974

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Conspiracy, Espionage, Horror

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A.K. KUYKENDALL was born in Albany, Georgia, but grew up as a military brat on the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), and later at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He is married to Magdiel Kuykendall (the love of his life) and, together, they are the proud parents of three sons鈥擣elix, Kal-El, and Jor-El鈥攖wo of whom are legally named after the Kryptonian House of El due to the author鈥檚 affinity for the story of Superman. He鈥檚 a corporate executive chef by trade, but his true passion in life is writing thought-provoking novels that blend the concepts of fact and fiction.

His writing career has been heavily inspired and influenced by Rod Serling and his classic 鈥�60s television series, The Twilight Zo ...more

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A.K. Kuykendall Never give up. Believe me when I tell you rejection is an imperative test of one鈥檚 character. Many of us continually submit the same manuscript until 鈥辞谤别Never give up. Believe me when I tell you rejection is an imperative test of one鈥檚 character. Many of us continually submit the same manuscript until it is accepted. The stress of that idiotic endeavor wholly stifling a writer鈥檚 would-be career because during this deep-dive into the abyss of the literary rabbit hole, nothing else matters. Absolutely nothing. Neither reading endlessly, which is any writers North Star or writing the stories that could have been written. Some also choose to do a more polished draft before sending it out again. Only a select few, however, will learn from their lessons of submissions, to write a completely new book or to rewrite, as many times as necessary, the promising manuscript that continues to be rejected. What they all have in common is a persistence to never give up on their dream; a dream that has elevated them from writer to best-selling author.

We, bibliophiles, know these authors; their stories and characters very well. They have written some of the most critically praised and commercially successful books of all time. In some cases, their enormous sales were so consistent that they even kept their publishers afloat. Yet in spite of this phenomenal success, every single one of these best-selling authors was initially rejected. Literary agents and publishers informed them in an endless stream of rejection letters that nobody would be interested in reading their book.

Don鈥檛 seek to limit yourselves by believing the traditional publishing industry is a bridge only a select few are privy to cross. With persistence, a true belief in the power of your words, a broad knowledge of the industry itself, a bit of innovative strategy, and a hell of a lot of luck; you鈥檒l eventually see that silver lining by which to exploit in order to get your ass on and to the other side of that bridge. And when you get there, never forget where you once were. Through your example, let everyone know why we love the written word. Why we write. Why we put ink to paper. Why we dare to proclaim ourselves storytellers in a world where books and reading are damn near second to the moving story. Why we covertly, overtly, and strategically attempt to journey all back to a time when the imagination was our collective muse.

Books are inanimate objects and only animate when a reader lightly peels back that first page and allows the story to unfold鈥攍ighting a robust fire under the ass of a reader鈥檚 dormant imagination. We are authors! We were once gods of villages at a time children and elders, nightly, sat at our feet anxious to lend an ear to our words. Let them know that supporting our efforts in every way is a noble undertaking. That modern-day entertainment in and of itself wouldn鈥檛 amount to shit without the ink we use to paint the picture. Again, never give up!

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	Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) (The Dracula Chronicles, #6) by Shane K.P. O'Neill (欧宝娱乐 Author), A.K. Kuykendall (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Possession (The Writer's Block trilogy, #1) by A.K. Kuykendall (欧宝娱乐 Author), Shane K.P. O'Neill (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Pulp II by Gary Phillips (Editor and Contributor), Kimberly Richardson, Ernest Russell (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperium Heirs (The Conspirator's Odyssey series, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Time is tick, tick, ticking away. How many souls will I capture today? Will they be a challenge or will they be given? Only time will tell as the clock keeps tick, tick, ticking. Your god has arrived with enough hatred for y鈥檃ll, with enough evil for the big and small, so come one, come all. I will shred your souls and place them in my satchel, call you a settler and make you my peddler. Come one, come all, come stand behind your god. I will lead you into the darkness of Earth's end. Come one, come all, my wilted flowers, come claim your title, speak out and cheer it. Come one, come all, let鈥檚 have a ball, my wilted flowers . . . Sweet, Unconquerable Spirits.”
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“Most people you have known or will ever know will look upon you with utter disdain. Why? The strength of your spirit unnerves their fiends.”
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“What鈥檚 the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don鈥檛 hold back, now.
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Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that鈥檚 not royally fucked up.”
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“The image is an example of how horror writers view our world. A view that is far from the norm. Their writing always seeking that visceral fear in us all.”
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“I'm a writer. I was just diagnosed with PTSD. This unfortunate diagnosis, I assure you will not stop me.”
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