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randomknowedge
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I realized the awful direction that Cage Gazers was taking in the first two chapters tonight while rereading it. I haven't touched the story since 2019 and, at that time, had been in relationships with men where the toxicity and gaslighting that Sam was doing in those chapters was the norm. I don't want to romanticize shit like that in my novels, so I promptly wrote a chapter tonight that kicks that outta here. It's short, it's not the best thing I've ever written, but it feels good to have written it. As much planning and excitement as I had for Sam as a character, catboy is getting yeeted out of this narrative and I'm either going to carry on and let Erin heal and be herself, or I'm going to rewrite the story entirely, but without the creepy, predatory tropes. Bye ✨