“I remember going to a bookstore years ago and purchasing a book after reviewing the cover and reading the description. I love fiction and Adventure Fantasy is my absolute favorite in the genre. Three pages into chapter 1 I’d looked up about 7 words I was completely unfamiliar with. No w don’t get me wrong, I’d like to think my vocabulary is pretty good and at the time I represented what I would call the ‘average reader’ demographically. So, as I pressed forward it began to happen more and more with this book. I was constantly pulled from the immersion of its world to look up and define another word I may never see again. I eventually put down the book and never went back to it. It made me feel incompetent almost and was certainly less enjoyable than other books I’d read. When I began writing Borrowed Time I wanted to make sure it was a simpler read. I wanted the average everyday reader to become completely immersed in Jacob’s world without the interruption of having to consult wit
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