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Man, you’ve perfectly articulated the darkness and the heaviness that comes with getting towards the end of post-secondary and reaching proper adulthood.

I’ve had so much fun reading your novel so far, but these last few chapters just hit so hard. I’m unbelievably impressed at how well you’ve mirrored the feelings of growing up in this time period. Absolutely spot on.

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Thanks so much for reading Bob. It means a lot to me that you’re enjoying it.

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Do you think I can download it and read it on Kindle? @Clancy Steadwell

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I am working on that, but I know that there is a way if you have the Kindle app on your phone to export each chapter individually to your actual Kindle

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A beautiful description of Tommy's break down here, Clancy. Having come into adulthood in the 1970s, I witnessed many of these sorts of substance-induced psychic catastrophes. I know your recounting to be quite accurate. Whether T. remains stable is another tale...

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thank you Sharron. I have also obviously had experience with this, unfortunately. and as I think you can tell... he does not remain stable.

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Heartbreaking.

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i'm going to take that as a compliment jack

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Damn. This was heavy. I'm seeing a lot of the parallels of our respective writings crop up, especially here, and I see why my story Fracking from a while back resonated so strongly with you. I get it. This one really moved me. And the way you've looked the ugliness of a mental break right in the face is a really difficult thing to do. I feel for Jude and Tommy here, I really do.

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Thanks James. One of the hardest chapters to write, so I'm glad it resonated.

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My God this is powerful writing

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“That’s a ‘negative’ on the drinks, presumably?” Bwahahahahaha! Perfect Tommy line.

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