Hi all! I have two things to share with you today that I wrote. Lots and lots more to come in time for the publication day of The Technologists tomorrow!

First, I have a short story called "The Lady in the Basement" about the first female student at MIT as she hatches a plan of revenge against a student harrassing her. Ellen Swallow is one of the characters featured in The Technologists. The story will be serialized each day this week starting today at FiveChapters.com ... As the name suggests, the site serializes a new short story each week! Check it out! (And if you missed it, there was more on Ellen and friends at my earlier post, Meet the Technologists.)

Next up, I have a guest post called "Is A Writer's Life Lonely?" at the Beyond the Margins blog, a site about writing and publishing also worthy of a bookmark in your browser. Find my post here. The post isn't as depressing as it sounds, I promise!

What else is upcoming on the agenda?
...a list of book events for my tour
...details about the giveaway contest I'm holding that starts tomorrow!
...the publication day announcement
...a post about giving The Technologists its title
...a post about giving The Technologists its cover

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Matthew Pearl