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The rooster on the bleachers is a vampire
Who else is watching Rooster on HBO? How about the last season of Shrinking? We’re a bit behind with Shrinking, but it’s one of my favorite shows of all time—the perfect dramedy. As I was jumping…
Who wants more Red Mountain?
The short: for a chance to win merch and more, chime in with your ideas for a new Red Mountain novel!We’re just back from a lovely roadtrip to Charlottesville, a place that’s captured my heart over…
On the Craft: May the Midpoint Carry You Home
I’m cutting it close here, scrambling to send you my latest craft essay before I disappear for a bit. We’re off on a road trip to Charlottesville, VA in the morning for some rafting, fly fishing,…
This really is The End
Let me first set the record straight. Another so-called author from Maine is attempting to steal my thunder, and I’m not having it. Shortly after professing my love for the Hulu show Paradise, a…
On the Craft: The Midpoint Blues
Every once in a while, I write something that I know I shouldn’t share. But then I tell myself, that’s the stuff I must share. Philip Roth said to Ian McEwan, “Write as if your parents are dead.”…
Marital dispute, The End, and old photos
Dear noble book people of grand renown, I’m currently in a marital dispute, and if she’s not careful, I’m going to drag Star Jones in from Divorce Court. Let me back up…I had the great fortune of…
Giving away my copy of St. John Mandel's new one!
Dear ones, you lit soldiers and word bunnies, As I’ve mentioned, I had the pleasure of obtaining an advance reader copy of Emily St. John Mandel’s forthcoming novel, Exit Party, and it was everything…
On the Craft: Radical Immersion
Good day, my dear friends,My Substack is an evolving beast, and as you know by now, I’m writing for both you the reader of Boo Walker novels, and also anyone interested in the art of creation. So…
Theo...yes, that Theo
Hello, you Monday warriors—you who were brave enough to drag yourselves out of bed today and face a new week, despite all the wild, absolutely crazy, shockingly jarring conditions of the world we…
A breakfast buffet in Barcelona nearly broke me
Allow me to paint the scene surrounding the breakfast buffet in our hotel in Barcelona. A woman licks her fingers, then reaches for the serrated knife to slice a baguette. Two couples at a nearby…
On the Craft: Organizing the Madness (Part 2)
Howdy, howdy, word soldiers!I am packing for Spain, already dreaming of warm weather, sangria, grilled calçots, Cava, boquerones en vinagre, and endless tortilla Espanola, but please allow me to…
Podcast, Ray Bradbury, and Maine Wintah
Cheerio, fine humans,This is going to be Boo’s attempt at brevity. I’m back-ish from a hell of a sickness and neck-deep in my new story again. We leave in six days to Madrid, Barcelona, and Sitges,…
Boo's cover reveal!
WELCOME, welcome, especially to those of you I’ve dragged over from my previous email provider. The water’s far warmer here…and turquoise…no sharks. Before I chat about my new book and reveal the…
On the Craft: Organizing the Madness, Part 1.5 (Interlude)
We will have to wait a little longer to break Cara’s legs.If you read my last post, Organizing the Madness, Part I (I suggest you do so now if you haven’t), you’ll know that I’ve shed my plotting…
2 books, a movie, and Bobby
A. I just finished Orbital by Samantha Harvey last night, which won the Booker Prize in 2024. What a ride! It’s nearly plotless, more like a glimpse into the lives of six astronauts and cosmonauts…
On the Craft: Organize the Madness (Part 1)
I’m 37k words into my WIP, and it’s been a wild downhill slalom on the momentum of curiosity, but I can sense the slowdown, the resistance to keep typing.“Oh, dear boo, bless your heart, has writer’s…
Leaping into the unknown of a new year
I’ve spent the first part of my early morning enjoying the brilliance of Maggie O’Farrell through her lovely novel Hamnet, and it’s set aglow the warm places in my chest, and it’s from here that I…
On the Craft: Burn the Rulebook! (Part 2)
To break the rules, we must know the rules, but an even more crucial piece in gathering the troops for your rebellion is knowing your true self. It is our essence, our dimension-jumping higher being…
On the Craft: Burn the Rulebook! (Part 1)
I have been known to go off about my commitment to and need for preparation. As a working novelist chasing deadlines, I hate when I accidentally go down the wrong direction for too long. I wrote my…
On the Craft: Know your why...
What are we creatives doing here? I often ponder this question, as I examine the balance between writing/creating for ourselves and for our audience. Quentin Tarantino and Taylor Sheridan are…
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