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Thank you London Writer’s Salon This weekend I did something I’ve been turning over in my mind since I signed up for it: I joined the London Writer’s Salon’s 24-Hour Writing Sprint, wrote through the night without sleeping, and came out the other side with four manuscripts in various states of completion and a very specific kind of tired that… Continue reading I Wrote for 24 Hours Straight. Here’s What Happened.
And a 24-Hour Sprint Hello, hello, hello, I’ve spent the last few weeks submerged in two different worlds that are beginning to bleed into one another in ways I didn’t entirely expect. If you’ve been following along, you know I have a soft spot for dusty basements and things that shouldn’t be there. These two new projects have both in… Continue reading The Archive Breathes Back
(Or: What I’ve Been Writing, What I’ve Been Feeling, and a Question for You) The Static is out. It came out March 26th, which means by the time you’re reading this, it has officially existed in the world for a little while, and I am still in the phase where I refresh my dashboard more than I’d like to admit… Continue reading The State of Things
The Static is out. I made a thing. Please don’t tell my cat. So. It’s done. The Static — Book 2 of the Inconveniently Haunted series — is officially a real object that exists in the world and can be purchased by people who are not related to me. This is either a triumph or a cry for help. Possibly… Continue reading The Static
I explain where I went and why The Static is almost in your hands Hi, hello, I’m back. Did you miss me? Don’t answer that. I’ve been gone approximately one week and I have emerged from the other side looking like someone who has been staring at a manuscript in a state of barely-controlled mania, because that is exactly what… Continue reading Where I've Been (Spoiler: Haunted by Deadlines)
The Haunting Before I Do vs. The Static There’s a thing that happens with sequels that nobody warns you about. You write your first book and somewhere in the middle of it — not at the beginning, not at the end, but in the messy middle where you stop performing and start just writing — you find the voice. The… Continue reading On Voice, and What Happens When You Lose It in the Sequel
I don’t do downtime… Here is a thing that happened recently: my editor and I are in the middle of editing The Static, which means I am in that particular phase of the writing life where the manuscript exists but is not yet done and I am not allowed to touch it except in the specific ways I am allowed… Continue reading I Spent Three Days Building a Museum for Dead People and I Have Notes
What Do You Want to Read? I’ve been sitting on fragments lately. Little scenes that won’t leave me alone, that feel too alive to stay locked in my drafts folder but aren’t quite stories yet—not full arcs, not complete narratives, just these moments that grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until I wrote them down. One of them is a… Continue reading The Almost-Stories
A woman, a bar, and a significant failure of situational awareness Hi. I’ve missed this. I’ve been deep in The Static for weeks, which is going well in the way serious work goes well — meaning it’s consuming and I love it and it has been eating my entire brain. Which means it was time to come up for air… Continue reading The Better View
A quick update from the desk of Harlo Malone. Hi everyone, I’m popping into your inbox today with some very special news. After a long journey of writing, editing, and late-night coffee sessions, my book is officially available! I’ve been living with these words for a long time, and it feels surreal to finally share them with you. Whether you… Continue reading Some News: My Book is Officially Out in the World
Books, Bipolar, and the “Professional Patient” Life I am thrilled to finally share that my latest book, A Haunting Before I Do, is officially live! It’s been a labor of love, and you can now find it on both Amazon and via Draft2Digital (which means it’s available on Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and more). A Harlo Malone Paranormal Mystery… Continue reading A Haunting Before I Do is Out!
The Unbearable Nudity of Writing Look, I love writing. I do. It’s a passion, a calling, an excuse to avoid actual human interaction. But let’s be real, folks. Writing is basically just aggressively stripping down in front of a crowd of strangers and yelling, “LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT MY DEEPEST THOUGHTS! AREN’T THEY FASCINATINGLY AWKWARD?” I mean, I sit… Continue reading Why My Brain is an Exhibitionist and I Hate It
48,528 Words of Blood, Cypress, and the Sweet Relief of the Short Story Cycle This post is going to be a long one. Not just because I have a lot of emotion and reflection to unpack, but because I have a math problem to solve. I signed up for ProWritingAid’s NovNov (Novel November) challenge with a goal of hitting 50,000… Continue reading After Knight: My Thoughts on Novel November