Kill Your Darlings

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THE CULLING
Living is an act of exorcism.
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The End of Everything
(aka Happy Holidays!)
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Introducing Kill Your Darlings (oh boy...)
Hello and welcome to Kill Your Darlings!
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THE WHETSTONE
(On Moving Towards the Mean)
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THE CULLING, PART TWO
(in which every author dares to dream of their first appearance on the New York Times bestseller list)
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THE DEPARTED
The good news: our industry is not dead.
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ON WORK AND MEANING
(and that noose dangling over your neck)
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THE WORK
(on companies, friendships, managing, and starting a new gig)
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A Brief Conversation with Katy Hershberger from Publishers Marketplace
A few weeks ago, Katy Hershberger from Publishers Marketplace called me about a story she was considering for Publishers Lunch.
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WHAT IF IT ALL WORKS OUT
There was a time not too long ago when a person could make sense of the world, when we didn’t wake from a fitful night of sleep to headlines about the…
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A Conversation About Publishing with ChatGPT
(unedited transcript)
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HARD TIME
(a disquisition on trouble and on racing a mile past the line)
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