Happy paperback day to Erika Swyler’s excellent novel, WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON. Perfect for fans of Le Guin, Iain M Banks, and other writers of smart, moral science fiction.

Thank you, John!

Thank you, Jaime!

Thank you, Naseem!

I'm so glad to hear it!

Thanks for sharing!

Some conversation swirling today about how to write even when your first draft will be terrible. This book has a lot of the answers + motivation.

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

"The whole magic of a plot requires that somebody be impeded from getting something over with." —Renata Adler

"Much fiction depends on people who never forget. This clinging, this refusal to 'get over it,' is very useful in fiction, however inadvisable it may be in real life." —Joan Silber

Congratulations, Jacob!

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This is what I wore!

It was so good! One made for running, of course

Ran a beautiful 33K trail race yesterday in the Prescott mountains with my sister and my partner! Swapped my usual running tee and vest for a button-down race shirt and a belt, leaving our photos looking like I was just dropping my sister off at the race… Everyone did great!

Ha! I love that title but I’m going my penance! Scrapper, Appleseed, secret next novel that is also a one word title!

In the post novel doldrums, reading reading reading. It’s not such a bad way to be adrift.

The epigraph to Stefan Muller-Doohm’s ADORNO, as translated by Rodney Livingstone.

Fair Cost & Fabulous - tips for writing winning applications for writers retreats and residencies. With @shipraagarwal.bsky.social @cantomundo.bsky.social & @asuenglish.bsky.social

“Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.” —Joseph Campbell

I think about that combo in your book all the time!

Ugh, that's so frustrating. It does get VERY wonky with lots of tracked changes in play.

“The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.” —Stanley Kubrick

I bought a non-AI, not-updated-as-frequently version of Office instead of using Office 365 and I am so, so much happier.

Hell yeah. Keep it up!

“Read the book, not the summary.

Write the piece, not the prompt.

Suffer like the artist you are. It ain’t easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing.” —Colson Whitehead

Awful news. I'm so sorry to hear it.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Thinking of Sheldon and his family and everyone who knew him and his work.

The Tree House | Robert Moor A voyage to the source of a backyard dream.

In the jungles of Papua live a tribe of “cannibals” who live in very tall treehouses.

Or, at least, so we’re often told.

The truth is considerably more complicated—and more surreal.

Read the latest excerpt from my book, in @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social

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Congratulations, Sam!

You're amazing! Good luck, Brandi. I have no doubts about the outcome, but I'm cheering for you!