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Subscribe nowIn the preface to his book Jerusalem, Simon Sebag Montefiore states, "I have tried to avoid teleology – writing history as if every event were…
Read MoreI know that I've written on this in at least one other post, but it is fundamental, so I trust you'll humor me. Yesterday I…
Read MoreIan McEwan recently told The Guardian his motivation for writing novels. "Ah, the dopamine moment is finishing them. It's, you know, when you're thinking you've…
Read MoreFinding outlets for your writing requires taking scads of chances, consuming the output of others – inside and outside your medium/genre – active networking, and…
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