Can a game be a dream come true? Jorah has found a world where he can be Megan Proxy, exploring his own gender identity even while exploring a cyberpunk world that is more than it seems. Something in the world isn't working quite right, but is that a product of the game, or of the fact that the game is using his brain as a mainframe for its processing? Will he be able to enjoy living as a woman, or will he be too busy trying to avoid getting killed for the things that he finds while he takes on the role of Megan? Will the secrets that she uncovers be enough to keep her alive, or will he have to process the loss of his female self so soon after finding a way to finally indulge her?
Playing by Proxy is created by Joe Weinberg, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Playing by Proxy

Normally, Jorah needed to keep about two dozen clients at any given time. While he might be able to go through a draft pretty completely in one day, that was editing and commenting. The client then had to go back through and rewrite the entire book based on the comments. Most of them took weeks in between drafts, which was pretty normal.


A novel can be anywhere from about fifty thousand words on the short end to a hundred and twenty thousand on the long. And writing isn't the same as typing. Jorah can type about six thousand words an hour. But when someone is creating, it takes a lot longer. Six thousand words a day would be a really, really fast pace. Most writers manage closer to one thousand, if that many. It would be exhausting to write that much that quickly, especially for days on end.


Chapter 33: Suspicious Speed