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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

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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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