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I've been giving this some thought, and I would just like to point out a handful of statistical facts about where I fit in the pantheon of great novelists for my future biographer, now that I'm a fancy-pants writer and all...

Consider:

I am WAY better at writing books than J.R.R. Tolkien and Douglas Adams (currently) are. I'd go so far as to say that if you put the three of us in a room next month, Everything that I wrote would be conclusively better than the two of theirs together. I put out one book this year. Them? Slacking.

My DEBUT NOVEL contains 1,000,000% more Orc protagonists than J.K.Rowling's whole body of work. Representation is everything.

I am almost as good-looking as Neil Gaiman, and FAR BETTER at playing the Tuba (though that co
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M.G. Norris Often with writer's chainsaw.

No, in all truth I think that the things I write when I'm genuinely inspired to make for much better reading. Sitting dow…more
Often with writer's chainsaw.

No, in all truth I think that the things I write when I'm genuinely inspired to make for much better reading. Sitting down and forcing words to get to the next page, the way I often hear recommended, has never made compelling reading. When I can't get words out, I'll find someone who will ask me story questions. Usually a case of writer's block is just a case of not being REALLY convincingly sure that I'm on the right track, and talking it through with another actual human usually highlights the thing I'm missing, as revealed through negative space. You can't do this alone in a bare room through force of will. I really believe that. You need to turn your heart on.(less)
M.G. Norris Powers and Principalities, the second installment in the story of Blackmount and her people.
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In Which the author avoids writing query letters

A number of people have asked me, "Matt, why did you decide to self-publish rather than seeking a traditional publishing contract?"

There are a lot of honest answers to that question, most of which are boring, involve numbers and projections, and generally revolve around the notion that this is after all my first time out, and the manuscript I'm peddling is a good deal longer (by a debut-novel-and- Read more of this blog post »
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J.K. Rowling
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Oscar Wilde
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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Steve Jobs
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Steve Jobs

We accept the love we think we deserve.
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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