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In the words of comedian and gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan pretending to be George R.R. Martin: “Have you ever tried to write? It’s the saddest, hardest, worst thing in the world.” As much as I love his comedic chops, Mulligan is wrong on this count – I consistently find that writing is wonderful and terrible in equal measure, whether I’m scribing some dunk on a tech company’s most recent mishap or working on my personal projects.

However, this year brought something of a private victory for me: I finished the first draft of the novel I’ve been working on for more than three years. At close to 110,000 words, it’s become something of an epic, meaning I’m now entering a fairly ruthless editing phrase. Let me tell you – editing your own work like that? Now that’s worse than writing.

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