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'A Well-Lived Life' is the story of Steve Adams, beginning at age thirteen. There are ten books in this first series, which take us through Steve's eventual marriage.

A second series, 'A Well-Lived Life 2', picks up the story at that point and continues into the future. A third series, 'A Well-Lived Life 3' continues where the second series leaves off.

'Good Medicine' covers the life and times of Michael Loucks, and numerous characters from 'A Well-Lived Life' make cameo appearances. In addition, characters from 'Good Medicine' appear in 'A Well-Lived Life'.

'Climbing the Ladder' covers the life and times of Jonathan Kane, and delves into the histories of the Spurgeon, Glass, and Lundgren families, as well as providing backstory for Tom Quinn, Dustin Brady, and others who appear in 'A Well-Lived Life'.

This book, Book 8 — Stephie is the continuation of the story told in Books 1-7. If you haven't read those, then you'll have difficulty following the story. I strongly encourage you to read them before you begin this eighth book.

The author has won several very important Clitorides Awards for this work — 2015 Best New Author as well as 2015 and 2017 Author of the Year and the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. Several of the books were nominated for awards, including 'AWLL 1 — Book 5 — Stephane', which won in its category.

This first series contains ten books, totalling in excess of 3,200,000 words. The second series, AWLL 2, contains an additional ten books with 4,200,000 words. Both series are dialoge-driven, but they contain quite a bit of introspection as well. The characters operate in the real world of the 1970s through the current day, with historical events and people helping to drive the story forward.

There are many, many characters who appear throughout the story, and if you find it hard to keep track of them, you may find some assistance on our wiki: https://a-well-lived-life.net/

In addition, we operate a Discord server for discussions and updates: https://discord.gg/UE8tAG5

And finally, we have a mailing list for announcements about AWLL: https://mail.penguintopia.net/mailman/admin/awll

The mailing list is very low volume and should never contain spoilers, even if you are just starting out. The Discord server has channels where it is 'safe' to discuss the story without spoilers, but there is always a risk.

A special thanks to Steve Smith, my editor, who has done an incredibly fantastic job helping me bring these characters to life. Also, to my proofreaders and the members of the MichaelLoucks Discord server who get to read the pre-release chapters and point out the remaining typos and misses.

If you desire to help support my writing, there is additional material available via Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaelloucks or Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelLoucks