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Ross Cavins

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in Greensboro, The United States

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Genre

Humor, Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

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Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Moore, Harlan Coben ...more

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November 2008

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Ross Cavins graduated with a BS in Computer Science from UNC Greensboro. He currently works as a freelance website designer and internet programmer, and lives in the North Carolina Piedmont.

Two divorces and a mid-life crisis pushed him to pursue his life-long dream of writing a book. His primary goal is to one day visit a bookstore and hear, "Hey, is this you?" instead of, "Hey, you gonna pay for that?"

His work has appeared in Swill Magazine, Hiss Quarterly, USA Deep South, Hack Writers, Dead Mule, and elsewhere. He's much funnier in person.

You can find him at his blog: RossCavins.com ...more

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Why I Shunned Traditional Publishing

I once tried to go the traditional publishing route. I acquired an agent on the strength of expanding a story from "Follow The Money" into a 400-page novel, and we submitted it publishers. It was gritty and humorous and several requested the full manuscript. But it had some problems and none of them bit.

I changed agents.

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	Things Go Wrong For Me by Rodney Lacroix (Goodreads Author), Ross Cavins (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Follow the Money 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Barry vs. The Apocalypse (Book 1 in the Barry Glick Mystery Series) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	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
	Barry vs The Apocalypse: The Reluctant Superhero 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015	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 Walk-On 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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