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I wrote my first novel when I was 17. It was terrible. Meet Me In The Gameroom is far better!

1,000 days ago, I started writing Gameroom

And boy how things have changed! I have a new cell phone! There was an election! I still get rejections for queries sent over a year ago! Please, beat me like a dead horse! And I'm not bitter at all!

I also have a (meh) draft of an entirely new novel - Average Student Film - that, prior to fifty-eight days ago, didn't exist in any other form. For good or worse, most of my ideas are cobbled together Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 08, 2025 12:56
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Meet Me In The Gameroom

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