Thank you, Ethan! I'm still pretty damn gobsmacked by your blurb, too.

So, wait. They can't sell you a knob that will keep the one or two balaclava-wearing Burglars from breaking into your home in the first place, but they *can* sell you a knob that will keep them out of the bedroom while you cower in terror??

The 2nd is to make sure the 1st doesn't get any smart ideas.

Donald Trump, with a shiv, in the federal penitentiary. I win at Clue!

Always in order. Not just stories, but novels, too. But I also outline pretty heavily (occasionally with bits of description or a line of dialogue), so I'm not worried I'll forget some supposedly amazing idea by the time I get to that scene or chapter.

Futile! But I'm used to that with agent searches by now. I'll try again with my next novel. And then the novel after that, and the novel after that, and . . .

I'm guessing that's a typo for "writing agents"? But I do like "worrying agents"! Yeah, I also ran out of agents to query after maybe 4 or 5 months, then started submitting directly to small presses.

I just emailed 3 codes through your website.

Conversely, many actual people also can't tell the difference, so maybe AI has already caught up with at least a certain segment of the bell curve?

Haha! I wish I had an agent to shout at me.

I was kidding. And I do aim to keep it under 100k. But I appreciate the concern for the health of my MS!

You know when your protein bar grows a furry tail that it's probably past it's "best by" date, right?

Okay, apparently there are no DMs on this platform?? For writers wishing to submit, get in touch with me here: [email protected]

Aw, crap. I am also newish to Bluesky and had just assumed there were DMs! Thanks for making me aware of this.