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Stories for the age of intelligent machines.

I write character-driven fiction about technology, relationships, and the struggle to stay human — then build the software, audio, and experiments around it.

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“It's help a lot. You're much better technically than I am, so I learned a great deal about sentence structure, my strengths, and weaknesses as a writer. I still can't figure out how to punctuate dialogue, or what to capitalize vs leave lower case in it, but that's just one of those areas I try and learn, but never registers! So it was an edit and an education.”
Eric Beach Eric Beach Fantasy novelist · Live Video Editing
“This experience definitely went above and beyond anything I could have imagined when I first reached out to you. I am ending this fellowship with so much more confidence about finding success in my career, and feeling much better equipped to do so.

I appreciated the genuine passion behind the mentorship. You had a legitimate desire to teach me and guide me towards success, which made a huge difference in how supported and motivated I felt throughout the program. It wasn’t just about giving feedback. It was clear you cared about my growth and took the time to offer thoughtful, personalized advice.”
Fiona Adair Fiona Adair Literary editor · HAC Studios Editorial Fellowship
“Keith Hayden has an extraordinary work ethic and is a serious writer, editor, and publisher.

If you are feeling overwhelmed with any of the non-writing stuff(not that Keith can't help here too), then you should consider working with him. Keith is established and expanding in all areas.

Writing, time management, discipline, publishing, graphic design, formatting, technology, marketing, and social media.

Keith is also a natural teacher, which means he wants to empower you. Also he values authors having ownership of their works and wants us to keep all of our royalties.”
Danny Aglugub Danny Aglugub Historical novelist · HAC Publishing

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The Giver (1993)

Reading The Giver is cold heat, a really good use of mental bandwidth that forces you to come to terms with the

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"Hi, I'm Booker! What brings you here today?"

"Awesome. What are you in the mood to read?"

"Great! What process do you want to explore?"

"Let's narrow that down."

"Let's dive into the technical side."

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