What is 'Rogue Writer’?
Stories. They connect us like nothing else can.
Rogue Writer is me. Just me (Shari Lopatin), as a writer and storyteller, doing what I love most: sharing my worldview primarily through fiction and essays, with some other stuff sprinkled throughout. I’m a culturally Jewish, nature-loving, bigotry-hating, ADHD-surviving former journalist living in Arizona who LOVES storytelling. I write to simply write.
If you’re looking for something real in today’s soundbite world, you’ve come to the right place. If you enjoy getting swept away in a story and wondering what will happen next, you’ll love my serialized fiction.
FREE subscribers get access to all posts for one month before they go into a paywalled archive, including:
Original serialized fiction
Personal life stories and narrative essays
The occasional sociopolitical commentary, influenced by my life experiences and past work as a daily newspaper reporter
Poetry
Sporadic book reviews, TV show reviews, or movie reviews
Updates on my latest writing projects
PAYING subscribers get, for $8 per month:
Everything the free subscribers get
Unlimited access to my paywalled Substack archive to read any post or story whenever they want, as frequently as they want
I like to keep the bulk of my writing free for all to enjoy. However, writing takes time, just like any other job. I love it, but I also put time and effort into my work. I also rely on my writing to help pay my way through life (you know, bills). Therefore, if you can afford to pay, I ask you to consider it, allowing those who can’t afford the cost to continue enjoying my writing. Plus, paying for work is the BEST way to show you appreciate a writer or artist, especially if they’re indie—like me.
The Apollo Illusion
In 2018, I did a thing. I published my first novel (whoop!) and I am going to shamelessly plug it here: The Apollo Illusion. It’s a science fiction dystopia about a future society's frightening overdependence on technology. The e-book version made Amazon's Dystopian Fiction Bestsellers List in August 2019! Check it out below:
That Pretty Much Covers It
I hope you’ll consider signing up for my little corner of the world over here at Rogue Writer, whether as a free or paying subscriber. And maybe we can get to know each other a little better.
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