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Elle Griffin
Writing novels—and a newsletter about the future of publishing.
Created 26 Feb 2021
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  • Literary Salon: All of the fiction that’s on Substack
    01 Apr 2022 • 35 96
    You guys, we started a movement. There were only eight fiction writers on Substack when I got here a year ago—and now there are hundreds!!!!! In fact, Substack even added a new feature just for us—so ...
  • Obscurity, The Thirtieth Chapter
    01 Apr 2022 • 1 0
    We last read The Twenty-Ninth Chapter, in which the mercenary was lost to the arms of opium. If you have recently joined us, start with The Prologue. In the street there was a man playing the violin, ...
  • Kevin Maguire is the envy of the anti-work movement
    28 Mar 2022 • 36 34
    I’ve been something of a mess lately. The job I have loved for so long has steadily become more stressful and demanding, my time steadily dwindling—this has been a slow seeping thing. After the beauti...
  • Obscurity, The Twenty-Ninth Chapter
    25 Mar 2022 • 1 0
    We last read The Twenty-Eighth Chapter, in which a rose wilted. If you have recently joined us, start with The Prologue. Rémy carried that deceased woman to the chapel where she was laid in a wooden b...
  • I wrote an NFT story for the Loot Universe
    21 Mar 2022 • 18 23
    I’ve been following Loot Project for awhile now—largely because it was the first NFT project to use words instead of images and I was curious if this would finally be the place where writers could pla...
  • Obscurity, The Twenty-Eighth Chapter
    18 Mar 2022 • 2 2
    We last read The Twenty-Seventh Chapter, in which the mercenary discovered a rather unsettling scene. If you have recently joined us, start with The Prologue. There was, in that town, a woman as beaut...
  • Literary Salon: How do you find what to read next?
    18 Mar 2022 • 14 134
    You just finished an amazing book, but alas! There’s no sequel!!!! You need another book, and quick! Where do you go to find your next read? (This might be a trick question.) (P.S. Salons now have “wi...
  • I’m going to write the novel of the future
    14 Mar 2022 • 50 97
    In 2018, I did a reverse Marie Kondo. Instead of going through all of the things I already own and asking myself whether those things sparked joy, I started from scratch. I asked myself what would bri...
  • Obscurity, The Twenty-Seventh Chapter
    11 Mar 2022 • 2 2
    We last read The Twenty-Sixth Chapter, in which the abbess had a premonition. If you have recently joined us, start with The Prologue. The mercenary stepped into the residence where he was met with th...
  • Obscurity, The Twenty-Sixth Chapter
    04 Mar 2022 • 5 0
    We last read The Twenty-Fifth Chapter, in which the territory faced unrest. If you have recently joined us, start with The Prologue. We wonder if there has ever been a moment when the reader has notic...
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