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Thank you for sharing your process. I am eager to be unbosomed.

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Sep 29, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

Your headline confused me: I thought *I* would have to write two pages of your next novel.

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Sep 29, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

Love the image of you and your character hanging out. Perhaps she drank your 14th drink?

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Sep 29, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

Eat! You’ve got to keep up your strength!

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

Hey Gar Bear, do we know this guy? https://twitter.com/elonmusk He says his location is Hell. I don't remember ever letting him in. Personally, I don't he's Hell material. I don't like the cut of his jib. Well, I'll defer to you. If you want me to bounce him for you, I will. Send him up to Evangelical Heavin; then he'll really know Hell. Or, we could just pack him a bag and send him on this trip: https://woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-not-died-of-dysentery

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Sep 30, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

I felt tempted to say "so, it's auto-biographical?"

But no, there should be no cheap jokes here, only support. Go Gary go!

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Sep 30, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

I can't wait! Thank you for sharing this.

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Sep 30, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

It is so good to hear that a seasoned writer like you sometimes find it hard to write or get started writing your books. I am attempting to birth my first book and it is maddening! My bedroom wall looks like one of those detectives boards when they are trying to find a serial killer.

I can see my characters too so clearly I feel I have brought them to life and I swear I see them on the streets out and about. The thing that is the most frustrating is I can’t write fast enough to keep up with my brain. I have so many thought on how the story should progress and then the character whispers in my ear that they wouldn’t do whatever it is I am having them do!

Writing for me equates to insanity or maybe keeping my self sane. In the end when this book is published I want my readers to feel it not just read it because I put my soul into this baby!

Happy writing Gary!🙏🏽😊

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Sep 29, 2022Liked by Gary Shteyngart

Oooh self care journalism @columbia Fancy !

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Please keep us updated on your progress. I am at p. 56 of my new novel, (started 2 months ago) and it's excruciating! Knowing that you - of all writers - can struggle too and that you've had to toss 500+ pages in the past give me a little bit of solace.

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Hi Gary!! I am a huge fan of yours! Me and my partner recently started a new podcast "We Said, They Said" and would love to have you on as a guest (coincidentally we are actually talking to a New Yorker cartoonist this week as we love your New Yorker contributions). Please let me know if this is a possibility and if there are any questions.

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