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Write-Off What You Know
Some tax tips for writers
Lincoln Michel
Mar 20
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The Library of Blather
A.I. writing programs promise to make the internet unusable. Maybe that's a good thing?
Lincoln Michel
Mar 17
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Necromance Your Darlings
Killing your darlings doesn't have to be the end...
Lincoln Michel
Mar 10
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Friday Sundries: Hugo Awards, ChatGPT's "Last Hope," and Dahl De-Bowdlerized
Just some thoughts and updates about a few literary goings-on
Lincoln Michel
Mar 3
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February 2023
The Flood of ChatGPT Crap About to Clog Up Publishing
A lit mag closed submissions after being overwhelmed with "A.I."-written stories. They're probably just the first.
Lincoln Michel
Feb 21
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The Roald Dahl Edits Aren't About Anything Except Corporate Profits
Bowdlerizing his books is more IP shilling than "threat to free speech"
Lincoln Michel
Feb 20
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The Unnecessary Is the Only Thing Necessary in Art
If you follow film or literary twitter at all, then you’re feed has been filled with people debating if sex scenes are “necessary.” In the way of the…
Lincoln Michel
Feb 15
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A Literary Fairy Tale Syllabus
Books that meld fairy tales with the Gothic, the surreal, the postmodern, and the sublime
Lincoln Michel
Feb 9
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Fairy Tale as MFA Antidote
Some writing advice from the stories that eschew all the writing advice
Lincoln Michel
Feb 2
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January 2023
Processing: How Martin Riker Wrote The Guest Lecture
"A lot of good literature comes from writers figuring out how to take the crappy parts of their lives and turn them into something interesting."
Lincoln Michel
Jan 27
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Maybe the Book Doesn't Need to Be "Disrupted" in the First Place?
Some thoughts on the techno book revolution that never seems to come
Lincoln Michel
Jan 24
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TV Causalities: Avoiding Bad Habits from Visual Media
On what the page can do that the screen can't, and vice versa.
Lincoln Michel
Jan 11
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