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I have finally finished putting together this collection, and it is now available on Smashwords! As I was compiling what I feel are my best stories from the past few years, I noticed a lot of them had a similar theme of loss and grief, so that made tying them all together in a collection …
I'm sure you've heard me mentioning this novella several times over the past year. Well, here it is, published and free for you to read and share! I used Smashwords just for the reason that I can make it free there (Amazon won't let things be free all the time) so please download and read …
Continue reading "Jonas David Fiction Fridays #2, The Observer"
I sent The Observer on it's first journey to an agency. They give a 12 week window for response. So, now to try not to think about it for the next months... Rejections are easier and easier to deal with, it's the waiting that is hard. Because the longer they take, the more hopeful you …
I got some feedback on my novella, The Observer, yesterday, and it was encouraging to hear that it was not a completely boring, confusing, self-indulgent mess as I sometimes feel it is in my spirals of confidence. Getting your writing out into the real world in front of real eyes (not those excessively cruel/worshipfully sycophantic …
I sent out my finished draft of The Observer to my writing group! Now, to await their ever useful feedback! It took a lot longer than I imagined to send it out, because every time I thought about doing it I would realize some other thing I wanted to change. I still have more things …
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