Deleted it a while back because I didn't like the cartoonish of it all.
But otherwise, it would be a hard a fast "delete!"

This resonated deeply. As an emerging author, I feel the same—I want to write the novel I want to write, regardless of how it's received. Looking forward to that next novel!

I'm reading it Immersively.
📗+🎧 +📑
The audiobook is beautifully read!

I've had that happen a few times.

Ahh, I've been there and no doubt will be there again. BUT— It's so gratifying to see pacing improvement and that all important inciting incident in the right place. Congrats! 👏🏾

Cormac McCarthy said, “If you write properly, you shouldn’t have to punctuate.” I find the absence jarring— disrupting my reading flow. It pulls me out of the narrative and forces me to backtrack to decipher the speaker—hindering immersion rather than enhancing it.

Columbus—Yes?/No? (Considering a move)