Man in Flight
Austin GrossmanWritings from a body in motion. Topics: literature, writing, video games, literary writing about video games.
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Publishing a Book, Part 3: The Twilight Realm
Welcome to part three of this series, an unvarnished look at taking a book to publication.
Last time we looked, I had just submitted the manuscript to the publisher. I haven’t received feedback yet, so we are in the twilight state, also kn...
Secret origins of Beast Mode, part 2
Secret Origins of Beast Mode, part 2
I would have to write something that people liked. It’s not how I think about writing, but that’s one thing it needed to do. It would have to fit my voice - it’s not that I’m incurably pure about things...
Man in Flight Returns
This newsletter had a long lapse, but there’s a good reason for it.
To reintroduce myself: I’m Austin Grossman, I write novels, I write and design video games, and now - it seems - I write nonfiction.
In the spring of 2025, my agent and...
Whatever Happened to the Newsletter of Tomorrow? (and cool announcement!)
It's been a long hiatus, but I'm making a real effort. This has always been meant to be the low-stakes venue for entertaining ideas I want to develop but can't be bothered to pitch as 2,000-word articles, and I need such a thing.
So what’s...
What's the deal with Fight Me?
“Your new novel is called Fight Me? Where is it? Why can’t I find it in stores?”
I want to answer this because I'm asked a lot, and because it's a useful cautionary tale for writers. I'm not at all psyched to have a cautionary tale but I d...
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Game designer, narrative designer, XR designer Author of the novels Soon I Will Be Invincible, You, and Crooked, and my most recent book Fight Me, published this year from Penguin Random House UK.
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