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I joined back in April of last year, but I’m just now digging into this. Please call me David, but sure, I’ll also answer to bleep.

I’m from New York City, but now I live in Northern California with my wife and teenage son, and we’re only going a little crazy spending all of our time together in the same little house, here in these coronaviral times.

I’ve been working as a writer/editor in the marketing departments of tech companies for a while now (before that I wrote and edited for magazines), but I’m a total newb when it comes to book publishing or web-based fiction/non-fiction publishing.

I just finished a sharable draft of a tricky sort of project that is part memoir, part fiction (described in that second link below in my signature), and I’m looking to socialize it, learn how to promote it, and hopefully get it out there. “Query Letter Hell?” What is this place, and where do I sign? ; )

I’m looking forward to reading and responding to your work, and I’d be happy to be a beta reader, especially in the categories of sci-fi/fantasy, memoir/autobiography, and lit.
 

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Hello, David! I can certainly empathize with the corona craziness, I think it might be getting to us all!
Anywho, it's nice to meet you. I'm pretty new here myself. I took a look at the excerpts you have on your blog- they seem very good. I find your characters very rich and intriguing, and your premise meaningful.
Best of luck!
 

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Hey weird_cat! Thanks for stopping by my excerpts, and for your kind words. Nice to meet another newbie. I'll see you on the discussions!
 

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