E.M. Williams

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Born in Northern Ontario, E. M. Williams has written all her life. Chaos Calling: Book I of The Xenthian Cycle is her first published novel.

In 2012, she gave a TedxTalk on women, superheroes and power. Originally intended to make her past scholarship work more accessible to a wider audience, it inadvertently supercharged her writing.

E. M. Williams is a member of the Writer’s Union of Canada and the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association. She currently lives with her family in Toronto, where she works in the technology sector.

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I wrote the first three drafts of Chaos Calling on my phone using Wattpad while riding the TTC (Toronto's subway system) during my commute. It's amazing what you can accomplish in 20 minutes at regular intervals. I loved those moments of retreat and escape.

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Book II of The Xenthian Cycle is now in beta review

Screaming!
Crying!
Throwing up!

That's roughly how it feels to send out a manuscript draft to your peers.

Chaos Armor now exists as a full manuscript from end-to-end, which it never has before (other full drafts exist from when it and Chaos Calling were still one book).

I sent digital copies out to some of my beta readers, including two fellow writers. I always look forward to their feedback, but f Read more of this blog post »
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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
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