NJ. Simat - Editor, Author, Poet.

NJ. Simat - Editor, Author, Poet.

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I’m Glad My First Book Failed

Club Daze & the Subtle Realm: Closing a Chapter

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Aug 19, 2025
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If you’re new here, I am NJ. Simat and I’ve been a working writer for eight years. In 2018 I wrote my first novel, Club Daze and The Subtle Realm. And like most new novelists, I was convinced it was the book. I laced it with so many Easter eggs because I was absolutely sure that book clubs would be dissecting it for years to come.

Hopefully a few of you are laughing at this point, I think we all go through this stage.

The Original Book Cover, 2021 (canary agency)

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