Counter Craft

Don't Draft Shakespeare into Your Genre Wars

Plus asshole autofiction and a history book recommendation to understand the chaos of the news

Jan 16 • Lincoln Michel

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Why You Should Read Gene Wolfe (and Where to Start)

On the science fiction author that even literary snobs will love

Jan 8 • Lincoln Michel

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December 2025

Thoughts on Publishing a Novel in 2025

Plus, the Counter Craft Year-End Round-Up

Dec 23, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Processing: How Brandon Taylor Wrote Minor Black Figures

The author on embodied characters, writing process, and how “a novel should show people fighting and striving against and with and for and alongside…

Dec 20, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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The Best Books I Read in 2025 (That Weren't Published in 2025)

On Homer, Iris Murdoch, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, and other authors I loved reading this year.

Dec 12, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Books as Art Projects

On books you want to hold in your hand or slip in your pocket

Dec 5, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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November 2025

Literary Philosophy and Philosophical Literature

On philosophers who wrote novels and novelists inspired by philosophy

Nov 25, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Short Little Difficult Books

Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.

Nov 18, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell

The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores

Nov 6, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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October 2025

The Counter Craft Halloween Horror Writing Guide

🚨New book announcement! 🚨Plus, unlocking bone-chilling articles from the archives

Oct 31, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Processing: How Erin Somers Wrote The Ten Year Affair

The author on comic writing, reading drafts aloud, and being "lower than a worm" while writing

Oct 21, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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Processing: How Dan Chaon Wrote One of Us

The author on historical fiction, writing villains, and the darkness of older children's literature

Oct 16, 2025 • Lincoln Michel

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