Journal
The Journal
Short notes between books — on craft, the worlds I'm building, and the occasional look behind the curtain.
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It’s a Kind of Magic
Matt Warnock on the two kinds of magic inside a story — the telepathy that carries a scene from a writer’s head into a reader’s, and the surprise of discovery on the page.
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Notes on Process
Why Matt Warnock drafts by hand — pencil, notebook, and red X’s — what that did for The Traveling Jessie Barstow, and the one thing he regrets throwing away.
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Hello There
A first hello from Matt Warnock — a self-described smart-ass and author — on the long, eight-year road to his debut novel and what brought him here.
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Welcome to the Journal
A first note from Matt Warnock on the new website, the road to publishing The Traveling Jessie Barstow, and what to expect here.
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