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Road to Publication

I got a story published + Novel update (November)
It’s funny, when you get the first rejection slip from a literary journal, you feel shit.
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Duty (Story Breakdown)
Some reflections on a story with promise and shortcomings.
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My Road to Publication
Just to tighten up the coherency of this page for anyone who is visiting for the first time—and as a bit of a time capsule for myself to look back…
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A Subsection of the Sub-Industry
A while back I made mention of the sub industries in the literary world that exist only to feed of people’s dream to be a writer.
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Novel Update (June)
It’s been a busy month.
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Shooting at Moving Targets
It’s award season.
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Novel Update (April)
I’ve got a major change in the works….
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Novel Update (February)
After taking some deliberate time away from reading/even looking at my novel, I’m back slightly later than planned to send out my latest batch of agent…
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Novel Update (December)
It’s time for another update on my agent responses
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Novel Update (and a Short Recipe for Societal Control)
Note: This post contains spoilers about my novel, so anyone who wants to eventually read the whole thing might want to skip this.
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Novel Update
This update will be fairly brief as I’ve only received one response from my latest round of agent pitches .
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Unused words
Over the weekend I watched a child on a scooter roll full speed up to a curb without even attempting to lift the front wheel off the ground.
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