SIX OF THE BEST… reasons not to write what you know

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Josh Roseman

People write what they want to be true, because that’s what they know: they’re stuck in boring or dysfunctional lives and they want out.

From SIX OF THE BEST… reasons not to write what you know.

About Josh Roseman

Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) has been published in -- among others -- Asimov's, Escape Pod, and Evil Girlfriend Media. He's published two short-story collections, THE CLOCKWORK RUSSIAN and BOSS FIGHT, as well as a novel, AFTER THE APOCALYPSE. When not writing, he mostly complains that he's not writing. Find him online at roseplusman.com, or on Twitter @listener42.

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