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Real Talk: The Writer’s Curse

Telling Stories in a World That’s Stopped Reading Writing has never been easy. But writing in the 21st century? That’s just for people who enjoy the pain. It’s like throwing…

Gabriel LucateroJune 1, 2025

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Real Talk: Shut Up and Be Ungrateful

I was standing in line at Ralph’s, half-listening to the guy in front of me complain about the price of eggs. As if inflation personally offended him. He turned to…

Gabriel LucateroMay 26, 2025

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Book Review: Carrie

Let me tell you about the first time I read Carrie. It was raining (because, of course, it was), and I ducked into a crumbling used bookstore that smelled of…

Gabriel LucateroMay 18, 2025

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Real Talk: The Most Important Belief You Can Have

(And Why You’re Probably Getting It Wrong) The most important belief you can have as an indie writer—or as a human fumbling through this bizarre circus called life—is this: You…

Gabriel LucateroMay 15, 2025

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Real talk: How to Make Your Own Luck

(For Writers Who Don’t Believe in It) Ah, luck. The word that gets tossed around like a hot potato at every writer’s group or book launch party. “She’s just lucky…

Gabriel LucateroMay 10, 2025

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Fiction: The Headache: A Short Story

They say write what you know—but no one ever said it had to hurt this much. The Headache is, quite literally, the most painful story I’ve ever written. And I don’t…

Gabriel LucateroMay 5, 2025

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Real Talk: Forty; The Story So Far (And the Stories Still Untold)

They said life begins at forty. I don’t know who “they” are, but I suspect they didn’t have a stack of unfinished manuscripts, a laptop with more coffee stains than…

Gabriel LucateroApril 28, 2025

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Real Talk: Breaking the Chains of Overthinking

A Writer’s Guide to Escaping Analysis Paralysis Analysis paralysis is a silent killer for writers. It’s like trying to write while standing knee-deep in quicksand—every step forward is met with…

Gabriel LucateroApril 23, 2025

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Real Talk: Writing Is Meditation

Writing isn’t just an art, or a craft, or whatever flowery term your favorite MFA program called it. Writing, my friend, is meditation. Before you roll your eyes and mutter,…

Gabriel LucateroApril 12, 2025

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Real Talk: How to Give Writing Advice Without Sounding Like a Know-It-All

Writing advice is like handing out road maps to people driving in circles. You’d think giving writing advice would be easy, right? Just whip out a list of “rules,” sprinkle…

Gabriel LucateroMarch 29, 2025

FICTION, REVIEWS, AND REAL TALK.

Real Talk: The Writer’s Curse

Real Talk: Shut Up and Be Ungrateful

Book Review: Carrie

Real Talk: The Most Important Belief You Can Have

Real talk: How to Make Your Own Luck

Fiction: The Headache: A Short Story

Real Talk: Forty; The Story So Far (And the Stories Still Untold)

Real Talk: Breaking the Chains of Overthinking

Real Talk: Writing Is Meditation

Real Talk: How to Give Writing Advice Without Sounding Like a Know-It-All

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