No Hair, All Heart
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No Hair, All Heart
Greg's Gift | A Novella | Postscript
Writer and host Mookie Spitz takes us behind the scenes of his transformative novella, Greg’s Gift. His postscript is a deep dive into the emotional, creative, and technical breakthroughs that made this project a personal milestone.
Mookie discusses the moment he truly found his writer’s voice after years of blogging, experimenting, and grinding away at the craft. Inspired by literary giants like James Ellroy, he explores how structure — down to obsessively counting lines and paragraphs — became his unexpected key to creative freedom.
He also shares what it means to balance the artist’s life with real-world responsibilities, and how self-imposed constraints have helped him push past perfectionism and self-criticism. Along the way, Mookie teases future projects, including a lyrical, tightly structured science fiction novel he's publishing soon, and a follow-up to Greg’s Gift set in the weekend bar scene, and drawing from other stories he's posted on Medium.
This episode is raw, reflective, and full of the hard-earned wisdom of someone who’s found joy in the struggle — and who’s only just getting started. Whether you're a writer, a creative, or just curious about the messy, obsessive magic behind storytelling, this one's for you.
The Novella
https://medium.com/@mookiespitz/gregs-gift-d256b8a74736?sk=e8ce9c8c362f7a07d482ef1c2cdb11e9
Inspirations for the Novel
https://medium.com/@mookiespitz/part-1-no-ordinary-love-9b2a13aad093
https://medium.com/@mookiespitz/act-1-ross-edwards-bde9f1009f07
Podcast Part 1