Welcome to my Substack

On this, I intend to share many of my unpublished projects. Firstly, you will discover short stories, born of snippets of humanities that I have collected along the way, and which have captured my imagination. Then, I would like to offer you the exclusive opportunity to read a highly personal project inspired by true stories, my latest novel, which will be serialized chapter by chapter. Named The Tenderness of Wild Beasts, it recounts the reunion of a young woman and her biological father around the disappearance of two children, as well as a series of unsolved murders in California.

If you enjoyed the existential journeys of Zadie Smith's characters, laughed at Jonathan Franzen's heroes' confrontations with the absurdity of modern life, or have been fascinated by Toni Morrison's magical realism (as I was), then, you may find a good read in my writings. I encourage you to send constructive and friendly feedback on these projects that are close to my heart and make me proud.

Finally, if you will allow me, I will tell you more about my writing process, my experience as a writer in the contemporary publishing world, and I will give free rein to my creativity on new fiction and non-fiction texts. I would also like to create audio versions of my texts for people for whom reading is a challenge, as well as those who prefer this format.

I hope you enjoy reading my writings, and hopefully, want to take part in improving my journey. Indeed, what could be more encouraging and humbling than when the people who enjoy your stories make the extra special step to become your patron of the arts, your supporters, and, in a way, the associate architects of your life. I am talking from the heart here, from one human to another: if you subscribe to my Substack, and help me make a living from my writing, it would mean the world to me.

Yours truly,

Saint-Lazare

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