the bts of the bst

Welcome to a specific, very interesting, regularly liminal, load of nothing

A true writer

what is the bts of the bst?

Writing is a slow, sometimes secret, regularly lonely, process. It can feel, in phases, like being smothered — when pieces collect rejections; when they encounter an acceptance but the publication process is naturally protracted; when there is, ultimately, constantly, such limited artistic release. The amount of work being created is enormously disproportionate to the amount able to be shared.

I am often asked about my writing. I always struggle to find a succinct answer. There is sometimes a tiny bit of success. There is mostly a lot of failure.

I am interested in discussing all the failure now. It is tempting to wait for the protective gauze of accomplishment before I reveal all my defeats and deficiencies … but the gauze might never come! And ego is boring! Judge me with impunity now!