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Welcome to Drafts, Deals & Detours, where I share the inside scoop of how I’m building a literary life by refusing to stay in one lane.

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About Darien Gee

On Substack: @Writer-ish and @Drafts, Deals & Detours. Also: Bestselling novelist, published in 11 languages. And: Micro prose author, essayist, editor, teacher. Super proud of: Poetry Society of America fellowship. Writes from: Island of Hawaiʻi.

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