Jeez I LOVE the tiny clowns. I want more! MORE! Pleeeeease do edit this. It’s a glorious concept and Emil’s editorial (what a god!) are gold, no, platinum.
I came late to this. I’ve been a little under the weather in the vision department and had to take some time off from the screens. But I knew an autopsy was due, and it haunted me (like tiny clowns?!).
Thank you so much! I do plan to edit it. Emil's feedback is priceless, yes. In the past week I've had fun thinking about this story while letting my inner eyes go soft to see vague shapes of what it could become. I'm excited to discover "Clown Car '25." Thank you for your enthusiasm!
"Long Lost" was fantastic, and its autopsy was instrumental in my decision to submit. So thank you for that. Is there a revised "Long Lost" in the pipeline?
You’re very welcome! I’m excited to see what happens with the tiny clowns 🤡
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and the autopsy encourages you. Long Lost will be revised and published on here at some point. Life has been happening in that annoying way - throwing stuff at me when I least wanted/needed it. But it will happen.
I’m all too familiar with that irritating tendency of life. I’ve got no problem waiting for the Long Lost revision, I’ve got your other work to read in the meantime!
Was this the story's autopsy or my own? Is there a difference?
You jammed a finger in all the raw, sensitive spots, and it hurts so good. This autopsy is a beautiful crystallization of my weaknesses at the time as well as things I'm still working on.
I submitted this story because despite being a bit old, it’s of a whole piece (as opposed to a chapter from my more recent novel), and it's one that’s stuck in my mind since I wrote it, mostly because I too like the concept.
But your notes here do it a justice that I couldn’t have done then, nor do I think I could have done now without you pointing this stuff out. When you like something you’ve written, maybe you're proud of the idea or some scenes, over time it calcifies, and it becomes difficult to see the trees for the forest.
I hadn’t planned on doing a revision of this; I was going to tuck the notes in my back pocket to apply to my current and future writing, but I'm pretty jazzed by your feedback, so I might take another stab. Another thing I learned in recent years is it's sometimes less work to push everything off the table and start with a fresh block of clay. That might be fun to do with this one. I'll let you know if/when I do.
And if/when you check out my novel on here, which is also experimental and yet another phase in my lifelong writing education—and objectively my best writing to date—I'd love to hear what you think, Emil (and others!).
It feels really irresponsible of both the editor and the writer to let me see any kind of story with tiny clowns in it. Great work from both! Zachary Dillon, you are an instant subscribe.
Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing what you think of the novel! And an affinity for tiny clowns? I like the cut of your jib—subscribed right back!
Jeez I LOVE the tiny clowns. I want more! MORE! Pleeeeease do edit this. It’s a glorious concept and Emil’s editorial (what a god!) are gold, no, platinum.
I came late to this. I’ve been a little under the weather in the vision department and had to take some time off from the screens. But I knew an autopsy was due, and it haunted me (like tiny clowns?!).
Sigh. This was a real treat.
Thank you so much! I do plan to edit it. Emil's feedback is priceless, yes. In the past week I've had fun thinking about this story while letting my inner eyes go soft to see vague shapes of what it could become. I'm excited to discover "Clown Car '25." Thank you for your enthusiasm!
"Long Lost" was fantastic, and its autopsy was instrumental in my decision to submit. So thank you for that. Is there a revised "Long Lost" in the pipeline?
You’re very welcome! I’m excited to see what happens with the tiny clowns 🤡
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and the autopsy encourages you. Long Lost will be revised and published on here at some point. Life has been happening in that annoying way - throwing stuff at me when I least wanted/needed it. But it will happen.
I’m all too familiar with that irritating tendency of life. I’ve got no problem waiting for the Long Lost revision, I’ve got your other work to read in the meantime!
BAM!
Was this the story's autopsy or my own? Is there a difference?
You jammed a finger in all the raw, sensitive spots, and it hurts so good. This autopsy is a beautiful crystallization of my weaknesses at the time as well as things I'm still working on.
I submitted this story because despite being a bit old, it’s of a whole piece (as opposed to a chapter from my more recent novel), and it's one that’s stuck in my mind since I wrote it, mostly because I too like the concept.
But your notes here do it a justice that I couldn’t have done then, nor do I think I could have done now without you pointing this stuff out. When you like something you’ve written, maybe you're proud of the idea or some scenes, over time it calcifies, and it becomes difficult to see the trees for the forest.
I hadn’t planned on doing a revision of this; I was going to tuck the notes in my back pocket to apply to my current and future writing, but I'm pretty jazzed by your feedback, so I might take another stab. Another thing I learned in recent years is it's sometimes less work to push everything off the table and start with a fresh block of clay. That might be fun to do with this one. I'll let you know if/when I do.
And if/when you check out my novel on here, which is also experimental and yet another phase in my lifelong writing education—and objectively my best writing to date—I'd love to hear what you think, Emil (and others!).
Thank you for this opportunity.
EVERYONE: PAY THIS MAN AND SEND HIM YOUR STORIES!
It feels really irresponsible of both the editor and the writer to let me see any kind of story with tiny clowns in it. Great work from both! Zachary Dillon, you are an instant subscribe.
Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing what you think of the novel! And an affinity for tiny clowns? I like the cut of your jib—subscribed right back!
I've definitely got your novel on my reading list (this damn site has made it untenable, I swear)
I sympathize! Finally read some of your work, and I'm so glad I did! The enthusiasm is mutual.
I saw that! Thank you for the read, I'm glad it treated you well :D
Do it! He's fantastic.