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Year: 2026

  • Writer’s Diary 002

    Writer’s Diary 002

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    Nick Denardi
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    First Agent Rejection I’m pretty sure it was a form a rejection, but it was still a reply, and that (surprisingly) felt quite good. I can only expect dozens (or worst case, hundreds) more, as I have been prepared by the internet. But even being in the process finally, feels exciting. We’ll see if my…

  • Writer’s Diary 001

    Writer’s Diary 001

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    Nick Denardi
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    Introduction – The Journey to Endless (Devastating) Rejection Begins Now I have made it no secret: I want to be published. I will do it myself if necessary, but that conclusion doesn’t really excite me; I need the validation of a gatekeeper. I hate to say it, but I do. This diary will function as…

  • The Chair Company, Twin Peaks, and The Crying of Lot 49

    The Chair Company, Twin Peaks, and The Crying of Lot 49

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    Nick Denardi
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    There is a certain focal point that separates what I would call auteur post-structuralists (like Lynch, Pynchon, and (absurdly) Robinson) from run of the mill postmodernists. And that focal point is alienation. For the post-structuralists, alienation is a way of life. Or rather, it is the way of life (of the human subject). Pesky orders…

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