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Why I'm Avoiding Historical Fiction in My Writing

Joe Coleman Live Ep. 28

Hope everyone enjoyed this one. Today I discuss why I am avoiding looking too far back into the past with my writing, and recommend you do the same.

While historical fiction as a genre has produced many of the greatest books of all time, we are currently living through a very dry period when it comes to the contemporary. The last bombshell book that tackled this successfully was Infinite Jest, which recently celebrated it’s 30th anniversary. Nowadays there is no great “internet novel” or post 2020 masterpiece. We need you to write it!

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