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Processing: How Justin Taylor Wrote Reboot
The author on reboots, online culture, video games, and “the constantly moving target” of writing about the present.
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Lincoln Michel
Processing: How Ryan Chapman Wrote The Audacity
The author on satire, billionaires, and writing messed-up characters ("sociopaths contain multitudes, too.")
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Lincoln Michel
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March 2024

On Productivity
Some thoughts on writing, writing a little, and writing a whole damn lot
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Lincoln Michel
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What's American Fiction Without the Short Story?
A short paean for the Great American Literary Form
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Rita Bullwinkel Wrote Headshot
The author on boxing, embodying characters, and "the gooey, weird stuff that time can do in literature"
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Lincoln Michel
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Dune Names Are Good, Actually
On language, names, and worldbuilding
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Lincoln Michel
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February 2024

Four Books I Loved Coming Out This Spring
Just some recommendations for your post-winter reading
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Lincoln Michel
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The First and Best Writing Advice I Ever Received
Finish things. Just finish. Really, finish them!
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The Novel as Shaggy Dog Joke
On Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine and novels whose pleasures are in denying our expectations
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Lincoln Michel
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January 2024

On Reviewing Books
Two new publications and some tips on being a book reviewer
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Lincoln Michel
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Who Is Reading What and Why
Quick look at a recent poll about how many Americans read (not many) and what they're reading
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Why Your Narrator Should Be a Weird Little Freak
Literature needs fewer "likeable" characters and more assholes, weirdos, buffoons, and freaks
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