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Marc Guillotte

Marc is a part time chair Zumba instructor when he's not taking life lying down. He writes because he can't carry a tune and or carry the play, and he keeps carrying on while being too heavy to be carried off. He has no natural or unnatural rhythm. His hands are useless and his feet are worse. In his defense, however, your honor and members of the esteemed jury, he is a great guy to have a drink with.
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Do Not Take My Advice! Part 1. The Critique

May 15, 2025 by Marc Guillotte

My advice on writing? Do not take or give advice on writing. There is no one way to write but the way you write. You will most likely be writing differently tomorrow, anyway. That’s my advice: take it, don’t take it, it’s all the same to me. Aw, come on, …

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