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The Five-Car Metaphor Pile-Up

On George Orwell and the uses and overuses of metaphors

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Lincoln Michel
Apr 29, 2021
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Since my last couple newsletters were about the business of publishing—here’s one on book sales and another on book lengths—I realized it’s been a while since I wrote an actual craft post. So I thought I’d talk about a craft topic that’s as big as the ocean, as intense as the surface of the sun, that towers like a skyscraper, and is the vital blood pump…

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