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Milo Todd

Milo Todd

Milo Todd is a writing instructor at GrubStreet and Managing Editor of Fiction at Foglifter Journal. He was selected for Tin House, Lambda Literary, Pitch Wars, Monson Arts, and the Novel Incubator.

The Queer Writer: December 2023

14 min read QW Monthly
Another The Queer Writer exclusive is afoot! I'm finally launching Transcestors, a series of free 1-hour sessions on trans and queer (but mostly trans) history.

"Why Do Literary Journals Take So Long?"

8 min read Queeries
I used to feel pretty frustrated by all that waiting. But then I experienced life on the other side of the fence. It opened my eyes considerably. Generally speaking, a longer wait time is a good sign while a shorter wait time can be a bad one.

"Somebody Published My Idea Before Me. Now What?"

11 min read Queeries
What we end up having here, my friend, is not a concern of someone else—phenomenologically or otherwise—using our ideas, but rather something harder to admit: The belief that we’re not good enough.

"My Debut Didn’t Sell. Am I a Failure?"

9 min read Queeries
What I say now isn’t intended to be in a Glinda the Good Witch voice, but rather that grizzled old man at the back of the bar: Failure begets successes that otherwise never would’ve happened.