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3 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Fiction
Plus my character-driven pet peeve.
Jul 13
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The Only Good Reason for In Medias Res
I love ya, Kurt, but let’s clear up some confusion.
Jul 11
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Literary Salon #7
A Substack Week-in-Review
Jul 2
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Reviewstack: Four Book Openings
Norwegian Wood, The Unmapping, Empire's Daughter, and Why Teach?
Jul 1
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June 2025
Literary Salon #6
A Substack Week-in-Review
Jun 25
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Reviewstack: Andy Futuro’s Vaquera
By M. P. Fitzgerald
Jun 23
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The Maverick: Music as Metaphor
On the art of being heard for being different
Jun 19
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Literary Salon #5
A Magazine for Readers and Writers
Jun 18
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How to Write Flash Fiction
Thoughts from Reading Open-World Entries
Jun 16
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Frida Kahlo in Wonderland
From The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Jun 14
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Literary Salon #4
A Magazine for Readers and Writers
Jun 11
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Art Cuts Those Who Wield It
The truest essay I know.
Jun 8
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An Improvement in Quality is the Most Honest Path to Growth
Writing better essays.
Jun 5
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Literary Salon #3
A Magazine for Readers and Writers
Jun 4
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May 2025
June Fiction Events: Substack Summer Salon Sizzles Something Something Something!
Write your novel! Read a novel! Maybe something else I can't remember right now! Maybe not! Act now while supplies of summer last! Exclamation point!
May 31
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Deeper Stories
I wanted to write a new final chapter for my book, but I got sidetracked with Groundhog Day nostalgia. I'm not sure it fits. Let me know what you think.
May 31
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Literary Salon #2
A Magazine for Readers and Writers
May 28
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MmmFA: if NaNoWriMo produced a polished novel.
Complete a third novel draft by the end of November.
May 26
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The Sibyliad
The Pseudologue
May 23
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Literary Salon Magazine #1
A Magazine to Manage your Emails
May 20
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Reviewstack: The Cosmonaut by Stefan Baciu
An Open Critique
May 20
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Developing a Board Game
I'm turning a mental diversion into a creative pursuit.
May 18
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Literary Salon #1
A Magazine to Manage your Emails
May 11
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Warp & Woof: Chapter Twelve
A sci-fi serial
May 5
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