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December 1, 2025

Why I Write?

“There is no certainty. You never know. Nobody cares if you finish your novel, unless you’re Miriam Toews. The page, the page, the blankness of eternity.”

New essay for paid subscribers. What is the writing life for those of us who aren’t Miriam Toews (which is most of us)? I bared my soul again! Read it here.

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