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Money can't buy happiness
Once upon a time, a very old man ruled over a great nation (probably the greatest nation on the planet?
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You can be a great writer without being an artist
An underappreciated fact about Gandhi is that he's an extremely good writer, on par with the greatest writers of the 20th century. It's not that people…
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Editors don't want male novelists
Once upon a time, a young man read on Substack that writers like him were, if not discriminated against by the world of letters, then at least severely…
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It's okay to take a book seriously
You know something? I don’t think it’s wrong for an author to have a political standpoint or ideology that they seek to advance with their books. Nor do…
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On going off my antidepressants
Once upon a time, a man was very sad.
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One simple method for reading more books
Eliminate sources of pleasure besides reading
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The North Korean Writing Workshop
This exemplary piece of fiction has been acclaimed and lauded throughout the world—in the United States, numerous couples have been saved from divorce…
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Some badly-told stories get preserved forever
Strange Tales
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June 2024

Mankind is inherently good
After achieving total control of human civilization, the Artificial Intelligence compiled a list of all the individuals who'd impeded its progress over…
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The only Great Book that is a must-read
The author is wondering if it’s a good idea to write more "takes". The author has experimented recently with taking topics generated by the "discourse…
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Therapy isn't the (only) answer
On mythic, legendary, and Romantic action
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Many popular things are not-so-great
On Jack Reacher, Furiosa, Challengers, the Freewrite Alpha, and the Ancient World podcast
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