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March 1, 2022 36 mins

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we are excited to talk about First Contact Scifi with Fernando Crôtte. 

Ferd is a late bloomer author, with his debut novel Mission 51 being published at age 66. Ferd lives in Winston Salem, NC and is married with four children, and eleven grandchildren. He works as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist, and in his free time enjoys birding, photography, and flying.

 

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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

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Steering the Craft by Ursula K Le Guin

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Twitter - @FerdCrotte

Instagram - @ferdc55

Facebook - ferd.crotte

Website - https://thebestparts.net

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Deadly Declarations by Landis Wade

Mission 51 by Fernando Crôtte

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