If you lose a few followers on the way, so be it. What are you writing for?

Stare for longer, listen closely, re-read or re-watch. This might not have been made for you, or maybe it was, but it is yours now.

We're screaming more often, and louder.

Writing this book is a feat I'm immensely proud of. I love the story, how it's evolved, all the feedback I've received and the bits I've untangled and reworked to fit them more neatly into the wider narrative. But if I could do it all once, I'll certainly do it again.

Did I just create an eternal playground for me to constantly improve my writing so I could apply it to other pieces? Is this my fucking metatextual immersive theater from Synecdoche, New York?

I'm always skeptical of when a literary agency, journal or competition has a rapid turnaround. On one hand, it's great to have a clear...