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July 2026

Acceptance Emails Which I, a Struggling Writer, Have Fantasized About Receiving
Surely someone will see my untapped potential.
 • Amy Colleen
How to tell if a piece of writing is AI, with your own human brain
There's no definitive test. But here are the traits you can look out for.
 • Amy Colleen
hey guys welcome (back) to my channel
New week, new subscribers, new introduction
 • Amy Colleen
Mr. Darcy is Not a Dreamboat
I don't care what pop culture told you. Read the BOOK.
 • Amy Colleen
"One long marathon broken up in regular chunks"; Shannon Sanders in conversation about THE GREAT WHEREVER
An interview with the debut novelist about her luscious and dreamlike family saga (out today!) and the process of writing it... +GIVEAWAY for premium…
 • Amy Colleen

June 2026

Why I Am Campaigning for Charles Ingalls (As Played by Michael Landon) in 2026
Pretty much every politician is bad now, so I am stumping for a heavily whitewashed sorta-fictional character.
 • Amy Colleen
On audiobooks, and the Boxcar Children philosophy of work
Listening while driving and thinking about building character.
 • Amy Colleen
Michael Scott Meets Mr. Darcy; a Jane Austen / The Office Mashup
Are the shades of Dunder Mifflin to be thus polluted?
 • Amy Colleen
Didn't like YESTERYEAR? Read these books instead.
For your summer reading consideration.
 • Amy Colleen
When book reviews get ugly
On taste, subjectivity, and the ad hominem fallacy. That subtitle makes this sound Scholarly but it's really just a rant.
 • Amy Colleen

May 2026

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