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DSP Issue 5 // Relief In Finishing
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DSP Issue 5 // Relief In Finishing

Micro-fiction, poetry, and musings from among the stars.

Leo Flynn
Apr 17
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Dear reader,

Excellent news. After over a year of revising and re-editing, the new version of Mara’s Awakening is complete. Yet my work has only just begun.

It’s frustrating when it feels like something never ends.

Here’s today’s question.

What have you finished? What are you trying to finish? How do you reckon with the concept of a never-ending to-do list?

Hit reply to this email or comment at the bottom of the post!

Here’s my answer.

I’ve started countless novels. I’ve tried, and give up on all five of them. Sometimes I feel like giving up on The Mara Files, even as I spend my third year working on the series. But where would that leave me?

Patience isn’t always my forte. It’s a fickle quality, only willing to be present some days, and often gone for months at a time.

It gets me into trouble on a daily basis. You’d think after years of mishaps caused by this impatience, I’d know better. Of course not.

It’s a constant struggle! We are our worst enemies after all.

This Transmission Contains

  • Writerly Segment

  • Literary Segment

  • Fiction Segment

  • Poetry Segment


Writerly Segment

What I'm Writing

I'm working on a new project, which I started writing three days ago. It's unlike anything I've ever tried writing, complete with a second person perspective.

It's a joy to produce and has been gnawing at my mind for years now. I'll keep you updated.

What I'm Revising

Now I've finished Mara's Awakening, it's straight on to revising Mara's Choice, the second book in the series.

I've recently dedicated an hour to writing each day which has done wonders for the amount of progress I’m making.

It's going well so far!


Literary Segment

What I'm Reading

I've been reading Railhead by Philip Reeve on and off recently. It's a brilliant novel with fantastic world building and description.

What I'm Eyeing

Can't wait to read another Becky Chambers book, as my library is yet to order them in.


Fiction Segment

6 Words Story

The enemy lurks inside the mind.

50 Words Microfiction

It was a beautiful tragedy in the best, most twisted sense. How can someone’s fall from grace be so damming yet stunning?

What fools find such brilliance in such terrible circumstances? All of us, apparently. Especially the day when the great Tsisi Station fell from the sky.


Poetry Segment

Interstellar Haiku

The beautiful thing

And the most damming thing ever

Is humanity

Galactic Verse

It's lovely, isn't it?

The view from up here

Safely nestled in the blanket of the unforgiving vacuum

Space is vast and filled with potential

Unlike the mess down there

We're safe because we read the signs

Unlike everyone else

So we bask in our safety

And our cruel indifference

And we watch as the world burns


If you enjoyed this month’s transmission, why not fuel my creative addiction by buying me juice?

See you in the stars.

Kind regards,

Leo Flynn

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