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Great interview! The rubbish teenage stuff and the cringey high school poetry is VERY familiar. Unfortunately, I do have the book I wrote the poems in buried in a box somewhere - but most of the short stories were saved on a 3.5 floppy disk, so hopefully technology's evolution means they'll never be seen again!

Am signing up for Fictitious now!

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I liked "blaming myself for not storing enough MP3s"!

Interesting that Oleg is glad all the old stuff he penned is no longer with us. It's the same for me, but I regret letting it go, as some of it (not much, but some) wasn't bad at all. Not good enough to publish by any stretch of the imagination, but useful in a way to see what I was trying to do and where I didn't quite make it.

Also, just to say: I really like Oleg's newsletter: such a variety, and so well-written. I need to catch up, and leave some comments.

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You had me at conjugating verbs and Basque-based pidgin. Enjoy your dopamine hit, I subscribed!

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Oleg, I have really been enjoying your newsletter!

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Another great interview - thanks Mark and Oleg!

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Nov 29, 2022Liked by Mark Dykeman

I love that Oleg write drafts on his phone and during his commute! Sounds like another (albeit non-Bradbury) challenge!

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