David Galle

It’s so true! I usually need to take a step away so when I come back I can see all the extra garbage I had in there

Send the link!

Makes me sick, we’re subsidizing assholes to be assholes

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Memdum oleum

What’s your WIP aesthetic?

👏 well done! Perfect is a figment of our imagination 😂

Amazon won’t let me buy it because I’m American 🙃 but yeah. As someone who’s trying to promote my novel I get it. It’s a shame tho, all that effort, at least it will make a nice heirloom

Your dad did good 😄 when I started writing I thought I would like to write more of a travel log sort of story but totally switched to speculative fiction. We must do what the heart desires I suppose

I wish I started at 13! I’ll have to check out Dear Life. While i didn’t discover the wonderful world of literature until I was older I have always loved movies. I’m a sucker for some excellent cinematography and color design. What does your mom write?

So what books inspired you?

Way but You Shall Know Our Velocity made me think that if Dave Eggers could publish this then I could definitely publish a story.

When Breath Becomes Air is heartbreaking and incredibly inspiring. It shows you how important life can be and how important it is to live in the service of others

Determination.

War and Peace, what a slog of a book. I love it because the problems people faced 200 years ago on the other side of the planet are my problems and your problems. Everyone can find commonality somewhere in that story. It makes me feel connected to humanity.

I don’t mean this in a…

I wasn’t the only one who felt this way and that just because something can be terrible in the moment doesn’t mean that it will be forever.

Can’t Hurt Me is incredibly motivating. It changed the way I think about challenges. Even if a goal seems insurmountable anything is possible with…

I found Shantaram when I started getting into reading in my late 20s. It was one of the first books that I couldn’t put down. It launched me into this beautiful literary world and I will forever be grateful for it.

I read Miracle in the Andes when I was struggling with PTSD. It showed me that …

Hello authors! Tell me, what books inspired you to become a writer?

Some of mine are:

-Shantaram
-Miracle in the Andes
-Can’t Hurt Me
-War and Peace
-You Shall know Our Velocity by
-When Breath Becomes Air

I spent 4 hours making a booktok today 😭

HUM is out in paperback today. 2 events:

DENVER, CO: Thur, 6/12, 7pm @ Lighthouse, alongside Eileen Myles, @tonytula.com, & Matthew Zapruder: lighthousewriters.org/.../visiting....

KINDERHOOK, NY: Fri, 6/27, 6pm @kinderhookbooks.bsky.social, in conversation w/ Paul Yoon: www.kinderhookbooks.com

My author goals for the next 30 days

• Query 30 Agents
• Post daily on BlueSky
• Post 30 BookToks
• Visit 3 countries

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Thanks 😄

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Just sent my first query 🙌🏼

Thanks! The status column took way longer to program than it should have but I’m really enjoying using it

Here’s the 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hc4ebca

It’s in google sheets. I can probably make one for excel if enough people want that.

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