This month, I’m excited to announce Los Testigos (The Witnesses), a membership program, like Patreon or Substack, where you will bear witness to my magical realism rewrite as it unfolds. The name reflects both the story I’m telling (about forced disappearances and recovered truths) and the role you will play in shaping it.
As I work on the rewrite, I will share chapters with Los Testigos members who will be able to comment and leave feedback on the material. I will also publish monthly Craft Notes that go into more detail about how I’m building the story and the decisions I’m making. For example, the first note will focus on my recent breakthroughs regarding the book's theme.
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Over the past month, I’ve been sending out query letters in the hopes of landing a literary agent. This is a mandatory first step when pursuing traditional publishing. In this update, I want to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into writing and sending queries.
After 10 months, the magical realism rewrite is complete! At the start of the year, I set an ambitious goal of rewriting my entire manuscript to include elements of magical realism and historical fiction by the fall, and with a lot of hard work, I completed the rewrite on time.
In my last update, I wrote that I had just finished 75% of the rewrite and was about to start work on the book’s final act. Well, after four weeks of hard work, I have completed… one chapter. Yes, this past month was spent working on what turned out to be one of the hardest chapters of the entire
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