I was, incidentally, the first reader for this story at TCL, so not entirely in the wild, but you definitely have a fan!

That’s such an amazing story about the story 😃

:)

My personal favorites:

-“World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto —> for some Sleeping Giants meets Ender’s Game epic sci-fi

-“Dawn Patrol” by Calvin Sharpe —> for some hopepunk surfer vibes

-“The Buried House” by Annie @stellarine.bsky.social —> for some exquisite prose and a heartbreaking metaphor

It’s been indeed a strange couple of days… the (near) identical messages (complete with a waving hand emoji) just keep coming in. I’m used to Instagram anno 2020 where everyone was just eager to connect and talk books, so I thought people were just feeling friendly all of a sudden…

Absolutely!

Not as such but I do trade chapters with my ideal reader on a weekly basis and regularly convene with my two writing coaches (both NYT bestselling authors) to discuss plot and character arcs so there’s definitely a bit of an agile/client focused approach to my MS development :)

I have a dual timeline component in the second act, where I switch between her reacting/surviving in one set of conditions and making more conscious, value-aligned decisions in a different, but arguably just as shitty, set of conditions.

Hi Alex! Great to connect here as well!

Yeah really loving this gig!

That’s so cool, thanks! The fantasy publishers pack is super helpful, either!