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The Not-Yet Novelist

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I'm writing a novel—The Glaciermen—it's 'not yet' done. Think "The Thing" meets "Apocalypto." Come here for serialized segments and other stuff.

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About Xavier Macfarlane

Hello dear reader. I am a novelist, but my next one is not yet done. Until then, I post my manuscript every week as I write it.

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