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i've finally written a happy-ish ending (opens the original)
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read the first chapter of revenge plot (opens the original)
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Coming at you with a mid-month surprise because we are exactly two months out from the publication date of REVENGE PLOT, and I feel like celebrating!So without further ado…CHAPTER ONECHRISTMAS DAY, 4:00 P.M.Arnie Tenderton spends most of the three-hour drive to the Catskills the way he spends much of every commute these days: composing, in his head, the acknowledgments for his unpublished debut novel. He begins by thanking his family, though few of them are left. He moves on to his former creati
the day i became the homework (opens the original)
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One of my favorite classes in graduate school was called “Craft and the Contemporary Novel,” taught by Mako Yoshikawa, a brilliant writer who would go on to become my thesis advisor and play an outsized role in the development of my debut, Darling Rose Gold.Every week in the fall of 2017, she came to class with a new handout, chock full of fantastic quotes, excerpts, assignments, and knowledge. By the end of the semester, I had 40 pages of handouts, all of which I scanned and are still saved on
this is what editing a novel actually looks like (opens the original)
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