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7 Reasons ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Is So Addicting (opens the original)
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Something happened for the first time in 10 years (and I went insane) (opens the original)
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In July, something happened that hasn’t happened for over ten years, and I went insane about it.First, backing up...I started work on What Stars Are Made Of, my debut, in my MFA program in 2016. I worked on that for a couple years, and once it was published, I had a solid string of other books to work on, including books that ended up published and books that weren’t. My last book, Monster Tree came out in fall of 2024. (It’s a monst
The Number 1 Piece of Advice for Illustrators Who Started as Writers, with Rachel Michelle Wilson (opens the original)
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From the Writing Desk: You guys…IT’S DONE!!The book that I’ve been working on for more than three years is finally done!!!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="437.25824175824175" src="https://substackcdn.com/ima
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