Because a drawer is where novels go to be polite about it. Because the fog photographs better when someone else is watching for it. Because by the time this becomes a book, I want the seams to be honest seams.
Writing in public removes the luxury of endless hesitation. A serial has deadlines, and deadlines are the only known cure for perfectionism.
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Writes The Quiet Part in public, one chapter a month. Lives near water, keeps two notebooks, and believes every town deserves its own grammar. More about Rayne →