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Hey everybody,
I forget who recommended this site to me, but I'm here now, so hello! I'm a digital librarian/web developer, former self-help ghostwriter, and gay-married cat owner in San Francisco. I have an unusual enough meatspace name that you can just call me thearchduke, or whatever mangling of it that you'd prefer. A writing teacher once told me, "I've never seen somebody earn this many exclamation points in a story before." I believe the story was about speed-loving farmers in space.
I've been writing my entire life yadda yadda; in earnest for many of the last twelve years; and with rigor for the last three. My first novel (Ludlum-esque spy thriller) was kind of bad. My first novella (political farce/buddy travelogue in the post-apocalyptic Bay Area) came out of the Three-Day Novel Contest and was on the shortlist. My second novel, which I'm now finishing the third draft of, is going much better (see: rigor). It's about what happens after all the living fish in the world suddenly vanish. I will have it out to beta readers before April 6th.
I'm also trying to sell my first short story in years. It tells of an ex-grad-student-turned-Jewish-mystic-archivist trying to navigate life in near-future New York. It's too long, but I think it's quite good, so we'll see.
I've been reading a lot of sci-fi and urban fantasy lately/forever. I also like heists, horror, procedurals, and thrillers. The most exciting books I've read this year are Brimstone by Cherie Priest, and Empire Games by Charles Stross.
And yes, I do beta read.
So hi!
I forget who recommended this site to me, but I'm here now, so hello! I'm a digital librarian/web developer, former self-help ghostwriter, and gay-married cat owner in San Francisco. I have an unusual enough meatspace name that you can just call me thearchduke, or whatever mangling of it that you'd prefer. A writing teacher once told me, "I've never seen somebody earn this many exclamation points in a story before." I believe the story was about speed-loving farmers in space.
I've been writing my entire life yadda yadda; in earnest for many of the last twelve years; and with rigor for the last three. My first novel (Ludlum-esque spy thriller) was kind of bad. My first novella (political farce/buddy travelogue in the post-apocalyptic Bay Area) came out of the Three-Day Novel Contest and was on the shortlist. My second novel, which I'm now finishing the third draft of, is going much better (see: rigor). It's about what happens after all the living fish in the world suddenly vanish. I will have it out to beta readers before April 6th.
I'm also trying to sell my first short story in years. It tells of an ex-grad-student-turned-Jewish-mystic-archivist trying to navigate life in near-future New York. It's too long, but I think it's quite good, so we'll see.
I've been reading a lot of sci-fi and urban fantasy lately/forever. I also like heists, horror, procedurals, and thrillers. The most exciting books I've read this year are Brimstone by Cherie Priest, and Empire Games by Charles Stross.
And yes, I do beta read.
So hi!