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Claudia Befu's avatar

I hope you're doing well, Ben. As always, so inspiring to see you at work on a new novel.

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Thanks, Claudia!

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Robin LaVoie's avatar

So intriguing!! Thank you, Ben, for sharing the replay since I missed the Live—I am excited for your new novel, and to get to know another set of your incredible characters. I love the speculative element in your stories, and as I’m married to a visual artist I am very interested in the issues you are exploring here!! Yay, yay, can’t wait! (But I will wait as long as you need to be ready for us to dig in 😊)

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Hi, Robin! Thanks for the words of encouragement. I’ll keep at it.

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Ann Collins's avatar

It was fun to get a preview, Ben. Watching how you keep building this body of work--one walk at a time--gives hope to those of us who try to make space for our passion projects in the midst of so many other demands. I know Daedalia is going to be a weekly pleasure!

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Thank you, Ann and thank you for your presence and great questions.

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Ann Collins's avatar

🙏💛

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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

Sorry I missed the live reading. Only saw the announcement this morning (my Sunday morning) but it would have been too late for me anyway, unfortunately. Still, watched this afternoon and really enjoyed hearing about how you're doing, and thank you for the beautiful views!

The first chapter of Daedalia did a great job of leaving me wanting to know more. Should you decide to serialise it, I can't wait to read the rest!

I agree that having a chapter a week is a great way to slow down the reading and give the characters and the story time to sink in.

Anyway, great to see you again, Ben, and looking forward to more of Daedalia.

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Hi Sara, glad you were able to catch it on the replay and I’m so happy this first chapter left you wanting more. Thanks for the kind words and continued support of my work.

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