"I guess I’ve thought about this space as just a rambling, idiosyncratic record of a major life change, namely moving to Japan in my mid-thirties, starting a PhD, and working on other projects that I hope will come to fruition in due time. But that’s not much of an angle. Or is it? I can’t tell."
It can be an angle if you want it to be ;) You could write about updates on your novel or other projects which capture your fancy at the moment you want to write on Substack. I assume that at some point you want the novel to be available to the public, so you can practice discussing your novel here before you discuss it with publishing people and, later, readers.
Thanks, Sara! I want to keep the novel under wraps until it's a bit further down the pipeline, but would love to share more when the time is right. For now I guess I'm just scrapbooking here. And maybe that's fine! It is what it is, etc. 😊
"I guess I’ve thought about this space as just a rambling, idiosyncratic record of a major life change, namely moving to Japan in my mid-thirties, starting a PhD, and working on other projects that I hope will come to fruition in due time. But that’s not much of an angle. Or is it? I can’t tell."
It can be an angle if you want it to be ;) You could write about updates on your novel or other projects which capture your fancy at the moment you want to write on Substack. I assume that at some point you want the novel to be available to the public, so you can practice discussing your novel here before you discuss it with publishing people and, later, readers.
Thanks, Sara! I want to keep the novel under wraps until it's a bit further down the pipeline, but would love to share more when the time is right. For now I guess I'm just scrapbooking here. And maybe that's fine! It is what it is, etc. 😊
Mike! I can't say enough how much I look forward to these missives. Makes me nostalgic for happy hours from a bygone era. :)
Thanks for reading, friend! More liquid memories to be made soon. ;)