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A clarification for my haters
In the comments for my last post, someone asked, “If your country is so fascist, why aren’t you in a concentration camp?”
Oct 30
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The greatest 20th century fiction writer
Ernest Hemingway was the most important and influential 20th-century American fiction writer.
Oct 28
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Confessions of a YA writer
For the first ten years of my professional career, I was primarily a writer of young adult novels.
Oct 25
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This awards-nominated novel is pretty good
For the last week I’ve been reading a self-published novel, Drive A, that the author submitted to a contest I’m running.
Oct 21
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Good news
It’s not uncommon for a company to develop a side project that overshadows the main business.
Oct 14
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September 2025
Lonely Island Adventures
One of the weirder 20th-century pulps was called Lonely Island Adventures. It published Robinson Crusoe-style stories about people cast off on isolated…
Sep 25
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A guilty pleasure
One of my character flaws is that I enjoy a well-written 'problem' novel.
Sep 23
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A Dilemma
Erdric had never heard of slavery.
Sep 18
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Lonesome Dove grew on me
After reading all these Westerns, I figured that I ought to read Lonesome Dove, because it’s the most famous Western.
Sep 16
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The Tournament
In his thirty-fifth year of life, the paladin ran into a major difficulty.
Sep 11
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Big Fiction
Dan Sinykin's 2023 book, Big Fiction, is an account of the structural changes in the publishing industry between 1960 and 2000.
Sep 9
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How I had sex with a pretty girl (politics were involved)
Hi friends, I want to post about an insane thing that happened to me.
Sep 4
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