Writer. Rambler. Secretist. Nonbinary transfemme. They/them. https://www.patreon.com/tvs
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Hey, y’all. So we’re in week six of this newsletter experiment, and it’s been boggy at Casa Van Santana. I’ll elaborate. I’ve basically broken the newsletter into two sub-pubs: one (this one, in fact) that is talky and often about writing itself; and then another
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First off, some housekeeping: How is this new pace working? For those going ‘huh?’ I’ve adopted a twice a week schedule, with fiction going out on Sundays and these talky posts on Fridays. Let me know in the comments or through whatever channels we usually communicate. Oh, and if
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Here is another batch of Nikki Hawk scenes. If you missed the first set, they’re here. Memory’s Tricky Nikki went in the library, puffing her smoke, walked over to the information desk. She flashed her pretty smile, said, “Hi.” The librarian smiled at her from over his glasses,
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The City. Her Majestic Wonder. Yeah, fuck the City. She can fucking choke and drown insofar as I’m concerned. That Bitch hasn’t done a good thing for me or anyone. She’s a fucking plague boil, an unsightly sore on the ass of the planet, an embodiment of
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Okay, so I’m starting to have a decent back catalog at this point, and I’ve received some feedback that at least a few folks are having difficulty keeping up with the current pace of output, so I’m gonna slow down publication to twice a week starting next
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AJ 0005.1 - supplement for bought-in subscribers
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In most of the Azza-Jono stories, it’s pretty obvious who the central character is. But some of them, especially in the beginning, have anonymous narrators. There are, as best I can count, twelve different unidentified narrators in my stories so far. Here is a set of four bits from
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While it’s true that the Living City of Azza-Jono is jammed to her gills with full-tilt, funhouse mirrors weirdness, there are also a lot of folks who lead boring everyday lives within Her. Here is a collection of a few of them, roommates of a somewhat bohemian variety who
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So I’ve got this list, right? And I’m looking over all the topics I want to write about, AIS issues I could put together, and a couple important facts about my creative process spring to mind. First is that I’ll always have a list like this and
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In The Living City, you’re never lonely. Your every wish and desire is there to be had, each fear an exciting exercise in overcoming setback! At the Wynterwould, inside is your retreat, outside … adventure! The weather is always perfect, and there’s never any sign of storm. The air
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There's this idea about a thousand true fans, and I liked it the minute I met it. But as the years have worn on, and I’ve carried on this business (or busyness, anyway) of writing in plain sight, I've become skeptical. Why not a million