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Lee Ness

Lee Ness

About

Lee Ness writes both fiction and non-fiction books and non-fiction articles. 
He has a historical fiction series set around the Olympics in Ancient Greece circa 440BC and a technological thriller called D.E.M. - Deus Ex Machina.
His first book The Sports Motivation Master Plan passes on the experience of many years coaching athletes in multiple sports.
Lee's articles appear in Athletics Weekly, on speedendurance.com and on stack.com. Lee is head coach at City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club and was Wiltshire Sport Coach of the Year in 2014.

The Magic Word

The Magic Word

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span>  </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span>  </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span>  </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span>  </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span>  </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span>  </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>

Story Behind The Book

A long time ago, when I first started managing people, our HR Manager pulled me aside and gave me a piece of advice that not only have I never forgotten, but has proven true time and time again. "No good turn goes unpunished" Many years later, when I had finished the first of my Greek novels, I decided to write a short story based on that piece of advice. I wrote the story and ended it with a cliff hanger. The thing was, I engaged with the two characters so well, Rachel the protagonist and D.E.M. the mysterious vigilante, that I wanted to continue. This book came from that. The first chapter is the original short story that I wrote.

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<p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);line-height:24px;"><em style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">“This is a tremendous hacker novel that is written in terms that the average reader can understand.” – (5 Stars)</em></p> <p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);line-height:24px;"><em style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">“More story than that would be difficult to condense into a novel of just over 300 pages” – (5 Stars)</em></p> <p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);line-height:24px;"><em style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">“Excellent storyline – can’t wait for the sequel” – (5 Stars)</em></p> <p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);line-height:24px;"><em style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">“This book grabs your attention from the first page. Intriguing, well crafted, easy to read and even funny at times!” – (5 Stars)</em></p>