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Member Since: Aug. 25, 2013

Michael Taboada

Biography

I am a blind college student living in Louisiana, and going to Louisiana State University. I enjoy playing video games, muds, and writing. I also enjoy programming games and websites.

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When did you first start writing?

I started writing mostly in high school, mainly for English assignments. This lead me to realize I like writing short stories and novellas, which lead me to smashwords to publish some of my books.

What motivated you to become an indie author?

I always liked writing fantasy, as it allows me to slip into another world for a while. This may have come from the fact that school can be rather stressful (as I am in college as of August 2013). What really lead me to become an indie author was the chance to share more of my writing with the world, and hopefully make a little money out of it as well.

Where to find Michael Taboada online

Twitter: @MWTab
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Smashwords book reviews by Michael Taboada

Phantasy on May 16, 2014

First I must say I was given a free review copy of this book in return for my honest opinion, so here goes. Also, I must admit I didn't quite get half way through the book until I had to put it down. The reasons are below. The first reason is that the story, to me, seemed to be one big argument. The people were constantly bickering, he bickered in his head, that seemed to be the focus of the book. I expected there would be alot about the world he created (and maybe there would be in the later chapters of the book) but there wasn't in the first half or so, and that was the biggest attraction for me. Also, there was an amazing amount of ellipses, and exclamation marks. And when I say an amazing amount of them I mean probably 19 in every 20 sentences (if not more) ended with them. In my opinion as an author and reader, that is not good. The good I can find is that the author does a moderately good job at developing the characters, and definitely has them have goals, etc. However, on the whole, I cannot recommend this book.