Meredith Smith & Common Meter Press

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Looking for something I wrote? Here are my favorite pieces this year:

📓 A Brief Guide to Vonda McIntyre @ @tordotcom.
📓 5 Signs Your House May Suffer From Posession @ @GravityThing.

Links to these in comments. More to come!

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@theurgicalstudy @GordonBWhite @CursedMorsels Ah, I should have looked before I posted the same link. Great minds!

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@GordonBWhite I turned 40 *muffles number of months ago* and my novel is also not done. If it makes you feel any better.

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Spent the entire day writing. A mix of marketing, and contracts, and creative. That was nice.

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Took a nice, long Twitter break. But I'm excited about the writing year ahead: almost done with this draft of my longform horror novel.

#amwriting #amwritinghorror

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@GordonBWhite I enjoy your bullshit.

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@Catrambo I did something similar back when I was married due to *gestures at everything*. I didn't stay on it longterm but it helped through harsh winter months and with SADs, for sure. 10/10, healthier than most alternatives.

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@Catrambo And I just reread your comment. I think separate sections make more sense and would help different markets navigate, nonetheless.

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@Catrambo I would say separate depending on market to which you are submitting. A full one would be chronological with categorical attribution.

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@AshTudor888 This was my 2nd draft process. Your mileage may vary.

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@Catrambo I refuse to drive a stick shift in Seattle, but I miss it.

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@CroweAlistair Your shuffle knows me well!

That whole story is just bizarre!!

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@AlanDistro It's one person. If a second person is tripped up, that's when you should change it. I do know what it means but not sure I agree with using the phrase in general, really depends who is saying it.

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@GordonBWhite I feel you. It's a process. Good luck!!

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@nadiabulkin I only know you by what I've read but yes. Yes it is.

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@GordonBWhite By depends, I think I mean: it depends on your target market. If you're going for the niche horror crowd, shorter might be better. Think about like the S.P. Miskowski, Matthew Bartlett, Laird Barron type word counts. Mainstream may need longer.

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@GordonBWhite I suppose it depends. Fantasy Horror (like some Stephen King stuff) tends to run longer than, say, Literary Horror (like the Paul Tremblay stuff). Shorter books are having a moment (attention spans). Literary is probably 50-80k, anything longer and you may have a series.

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The problem with writing survival horror is that the process feels like a metaphor for the plot: circular and like you can't see the forest for the trees. But we're making progress.

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@GordonBWhite Stubborn habit is a lot of it, and practice is the rest. <3