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Books as Art Projects
On books you want to hold in your hand or slip in your pocket
Dec 5
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Lincoln Michel
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Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator
Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House
Oct 8
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Lincoln Michel
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Style Is More than Sentences
In defense of style and the infinite possibilities of storytelling
Sep 24
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Lincoln Michel
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Criticism in the Age of AI
Will the proliferation of LLM text change how we think about human-authored books?
Sep 5
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Lincoln Michel
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The Grand Ballroom Theory of Literature
On literature as an unending conversation, genres as dialogues, and writing as adding your voice to the chat
Aug 18
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Lincoln Michel
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Why You Should Still Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop
A little cri du coeur about working on your work and avoiding all the noise
Aug 11
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Lincoln Michel
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Why Boredom Is Good (for Writers)
And a little bit more on Substack and the state of books
Jul 24
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Lincoln Michel
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Is Your Worldbuilding Up To Code?
On the infinite ways to build cities, realms, worlds, and galaxies
Jul 4
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Lincoln Michel
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What's Not to Like about "Unlikeable Characters"?
A tribute to the weirdos, freaks, and misanthropes that make literature interesting
Jun 13
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Lincoln Michel
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A Simple Rule for Using AI in Art
Plus Counter Craft Clean-Up, Metallic Realms News, and other Sunday Sundries
Jun 8
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Lincoln Michel
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Defending Adverbs Exuberantly if Conditionally
In which I argue for the usefulness of the most hated part of speech
May 28
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Lincoln Michel
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MFA vs. LLM: Is OpenAI's Metafiction Short Story Actually "Good"?
And is asking if AI text is "good" even the right question?
Mar 17
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Lincoln Michel
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