HeyJaredDiscursions
Craft, process, and industry insights from bestselling author M. L. Rio
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Going with your gut (opens the original)
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I woke up at noon in Dublin today after a red-eye flight and realized it was already September 24, which means my novella Graveyard Shift turns two today. <source type="ima
Feeding the fire when you’re all out of fuel (opens the original)
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You can almost tell how long somebody’s been in the business by how excited they get about the milestones, where they are on the journey from “I can’t believe I’m about to hold my book in my hands for the first time!” to “If I have to make one more unboxing video I will walk directly into the ocean.” Once the production draft is handed in, your primary job as the writer is promotion: excitement, enthusiasm, getting readers hungry for new work.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="ht
Back in paperback (opens the original)
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It’s that time of year again. Book tour kicks off in a little less than two weeks. <div class="pencraft pc-display-fle
Finding the beat (opens the original)
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So I’ve been offline for a while. There are a lot of causes of that; some I’ll get into later, some I can’t for contractual reasons, some I just won’t bore you with. The biggest challenge is moving — always a crisis, but especially when your two primary hobbies are records and books, things which are heavy, environmentally sensitive, and very difficult … Read more
The Digital Toolkit (opens the original)
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This residency hasn’t gone quite the way I hoped. That happens, sometimes — you don’t get the feedback you need or life butts in or circumstances simply conspire to make things difficult. I’ve been juggling a lot of phone calls and a lot of logistics and it’s been (ironically) tough to make time for the creative part of the work, never mind Substack. I’… Read more
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