{"id":22,"date":"2018-02-06T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T10:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:04:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About Charles Bastille<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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I wrote and self-published my first major works when I was in sixth grade. Using notebook paper, I created palm-sized comic booklets called The Adventures of Dr. Maums<\/em>, which circulated around several classrooms. The little booklets always came back to me. A bit worn, but in one piece. Lots of people read them. I did about 30 of these. I\u2019d say that\u2019s when I knew I\u2019d eventually be a professional fiction writer.<\/p>

I have been writing fiction ever since. Most of my fiction has been stored away, as I worked day jobs, first in the advertising industry as a creative director and later as a software engineer.<\/p>

I have published several software development books for such publishers as Sybex, IDG, and Wiley, and was a co-author of the industry classic, “HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible” from Wiley (under the name Chuck White).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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MagicLand<\/a><\/strong> is my debut novel. It’s a story about heroes. It has been well-received by critics and reviewers.\u00a0<\/p>

Psalm of Vampires<\/strong><\/a> is also about heroes, really. A different kind of heroes, but heroes none the same. The vampire kind. This novel was released December 12, 2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A bracing dystopian tale that deftly mixes magic, evolution, and romance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bastille\u2019s debut artfully combines magic, technology, and romance<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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