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Geoffrey Gevalt
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Writer, photographer, editor. Shares stories, writing tips & techniques used to create his novel. Soon: Workshops. https://geoffreygevalt.substack.com (free)
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February 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“snow?”
“a bit.”
February 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
At the fair, I was taking pictures of this farmer and asked him whether he had any cows in the barn.

"Nope. Sold ‘em all off this summer after my son passed." …

That led to writing a story for stage and to resuming my novel, Hiram Falls. I write about the process here: tinyurl.com/4tedhffbhttps
January 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#authors #writers #fiction
I've just posted the fourth in a monthly series on my writing process in creating my first novel, Hiram Falls. Subscribe for free. Enjoy. And I'd love to know what you think.
geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/4-journal-...
4-Journal: Dealing with demons
To restart the novel, I also needed audience (purpose), collaborators (perspective) and a muse (focus).
geoffreygevalt.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#authors #writers #fiction
I've just posted the fourth in a monthly series on my writing process in creating my first novel, Hiram Falls. Subscribe for free. Enjoy. And I'd love to know what you think.
geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/4-journal-...
4-Journal: Dealing with demons
To restart the novel, I also needed audience (purpose), collaborators (perspective) and a muse (focus).
geoffreygevalt.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The second in my series about how I wrote my novel, Hiram Falls. geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/doc-and-th...
2-Journal - Doc and The Man
How writing the second story for stage led to several new characters and an amazing coincidence. Or was it?
geoffreygevalt.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Amanda Gorman has a message: Do Us Good.

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November 27, 2024 at 2:50 AM
night blue sky peeps,
November 25, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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#writingcommunity
I'm newcomer. Introduction: for 33 years, I was a journalist; for 12, founded & directed a non-profit to help kids write better; for 5, wrote a novel (now in hands of agent.) I've started a free monthly series on my fiction process: geoffreygevalt.substack.com/s/writing-hi...
A Writer's Journal | Hiram Falls -- The Novel | Geoffrey Gevalt | Substack
A journal of my experiences and learning from writing the novel, Hiram Falls. Click to read Hiram Falls -- The Novel, by Geoffrey Gevalt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
geoffreygevalt.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:42 PM
#writingcommunity
I'm newcomer. Introduction: for 33 years, I was a journalist; for 12, founded & directed a non-profit to help kids write better; for 5, wrote a novel (now in hands of agent.) I've started a free monthly series on my fiction process: geoffreygevalt.substack.com/s/writing-hi...
A Writer's Journal | Hiram Falls -- The Novel | Geoffrey Gevalt | Substack
A journal of my experiences and learning from writing the novel, Hiram Falls. Click to read Hiram Falls -- The Novel, by Geoffrey Gevalt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
geoffreygevalt.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:42 PM
(Sorry, just can't help myself.) More blue sky for you:
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
here’s a blue sky for you.
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM