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hey guys welcome (back) to my channel
New week, new subscribers, new introduction
 • 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…
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Even if all these facts about AI were *not* true, it would still be destroying us.
Why I refuse to use ChatGPT, and how I believe it's making us stupider.
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A brief update
Taking a little break
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The Summer I Turned Thirty
a recap of May-August reading and writing
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Good morning from the back porch
Trying something different.
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The Holiday Gift Your Writer Friend Really, Really Wants This Year
Engagement begets engagement. Here's what that means (and it's not about diamond rings or elephants).
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Five Buckets of Nerdy Nostalgia (and Eighteen Rolls of Toilet Paper)
Children, books, gowns, catastrophes, and so on.
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Deliberately Meta Writing Process for Maximum Spook
How Poe purposefully set out to make “The Raven” evoke gothic melancholia — with no creative flights of fancy involved.
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It's! A! Giveaway!
To celebrate 500 subscribers, I'm giving away...
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I Went to the Seaside to Take a Rest, and Nary a Word Did I Write
Relaxation can cultivate creativity. Yet giving in to the impulse to work in these conditions undermines the point of taking a break. (In other words…
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Introducing The Summer of Jane Austen
A new endeavor for the next few months, with a Worthy Goal in mind.
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