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August 20, 2024

WHEN YOU LEAVE I DISAPPEAR featured on John Scalzi’s Big Idea

When You Leave I Disappear on John Sculzi's Big Idea

When You Leave I Disappear, the latest novella from USA Today bestselling author, David Niall Wilson, was featured on John Scalzi‘s The Big Idea today!

John Scalzi is a science fiction author, best known for his novel Redshirts, which won the Hugo Award for best novel in 2013. He also frequently writes nonfiction and is a consultant on writing, editing, and marketing.

The Big Idea is a regular feature on his blog, WhateverThe Big Idea allows authors to talk about the central subject of their latest book… what inspired the story, or the characters, or its path to publication, etc.

There’s a theme David Niall Wilson explores in When You Leave I Disappear, and it’s one familiar to artists of all sorts, not to mention others in any number of walks of life. But that theme is just a starting point for what comes next.”

To find out what comes next, read the full article here, and then order When You Leave I Disappear, out today in paperback and ebook, everywhere books are sold.

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