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In this episode, Dan takes us into a rare Sunday morning of line editing Regret, the novelette he already self-published and is now rewriting. He explains why he went back to it: reader reviews that called out thin characters and a punishing ending. He also covers how he uses AI for proofreading but never for writing, and why no tool replaces a writer’s instinct for a sentence that hits wrong. If you’re building a writing life in the margins, this one’s for you.

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Writing has been at the heart of who I am for most of my life, but for years my dream of becoming a published author ran headlong into reality: a busy teaching career, family life, an ADD brain, and an MFA that left me more disillusioned than ever. In this episode, I share how I nearly gave up for good, and how a weekly podcast with my best friend and co-publisher, plus a simple system built on daily habit, finally helped me finish books. Now, with several self-published titles behind me but no book deal yet, I’m taking everything I’ve learned and turning it toward one goal: a career as a traditionally published writer.

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