It’s amazing how much you have to practice writing so that your writing reads like you don’t practice writing.

Students are not 'indoctrinated' in college. It is simply that some students learn they have been indoctrinated--with religion, with nationality, with the political beliefs of their parents--and then decide some of their previously-held beliefs are no longer valuable to them.

oh my god yes.

'...Upton Sinclair-inspired thriller...'

I have no hope anyone will see this, but I included three very short essays in my weekly Substack

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Best Uses of Second Person POV, ranked
3. a bunch of other stuff, tied
2. Choose Your Own Adventure books
1. Bust a Move by Young MC

They literally sell books everywhere and you guys are mad about an article saying no one buys books.

It only takes one reader to fall in love with your book, but ideally that reader is an acquisitions editor.

who do these dudes who play two guitars at the same time think they are?

I got some very bad news this week:

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Just realized my taste in poetry goes all the way from 'Guess what? Chickenbutt' to Sharon Olds.

I like to think I'm a pretty decent guy but I get really murder-y when I text 'STOP' and they auto-text me back to tell me that I will now stop receiving auto-texts

All points of view are bad if you're a bad writer.

Peter Ho Davies once told me: 'I think the three-legged dog is a bit too much.'

If you are on S*bSt**k please look me up, or drop your name here and I'll find you. I am not on X much anymore, and trying to be on it even less.

“Carrie” turning 50 today reminds me of the essay I need to write for someone who’d let me go 2500 words: that for a generation of writers, our YA fiction was Stephen King. You turned 13, your brother gave you “Carrie” or “Salem’s Lot” and that was that. You were fucked up now.

That’s Senator Blutarsky to you.

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This guy's a pretty damn good writer too, and we're going to be hearing about him for a long time.

I've been busy with work and forgot to post this here, but This One Will Hurt You, my first book, just turned 5. Happy birthday. buddy. You still hurt me.