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Abandon Your Protagonist at the Side of the RoadFrom Writer Unboxed: My brother is a counselor. A very good one who won’t tell any of his clients’ stories, even when our dad asks him to...
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Love & Other Epic Adventures: Science Fiction Romance BooksFrom Book Riot: I grew up on Star Wars , so you can imagine that science fiction, space fantasy, and science fiction romance have a special...
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Religion Publishers Face Up to DEI ChallengesFrom Publisher’s Weekly: In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, many religion and spirituality publishers publicly stepped-up...
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Book bans are getting everyone’s attention — including Biden’s. Here’s whyFrom National Public Radio: President Joe Biden named checked “MAGA extremists” and attempts to ban books in his video on Tuesday...
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Shakespeare’s First Folio assembled the world’s greatest literatureFrom The Economist: Not much in European trade runs the same way now as it did four centuries ago. However, English-language publishers...
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The Problem with ProblematicNote: The following post was written by Copymatic. PG entered a short prompt to seed the AI generation. Have you ever found yourself in a...
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I can’t relaxI can’t relax. I find vacations problematic. John Oliver
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The lunch in a normal American restaurantThe lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don’t like to have hot food for lunch. Larry David
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Why the weasel word ‘problematic’ should be bannedFrom The Los Angeles Times: For the last few years, reasonable people of various ideological leanings have been lamenting the scourge that is...
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The problem with ‘Problematic’From Macleans: The word “problematic” has become problematic. 2015 may go down as the year when there was a backlash against how much this...
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Now Explain What the Problem IsFrom The Atlantic: When people use the academic term problematic , they should say what they’re objecting to. Academics like me love...
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How Do We Reckon With the Art of Problematic Artists?From Electric Lit: Claire Dederer’s Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma offers no easy answers when considering the art of wrongdoers. Across...
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Don’t rush to the inciting incidentFrom Nathan Bransford: Time for the Page Critique. First I’ll present the page without comment, then I’ll offer my thoughts and a...
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Living In The PastFrom Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Three things happened in quick succession recently, that forced me to write this blog now, not, say, months from...
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Amazon Advertising Analysis ToolsPG has been looking at various tools for analysing Amazon Advertising. He has tried out a bunch of these types of tools over the years and...
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No question is more sublimeNo question is more sublime than why there is a Universe: why there is anything rather than nothing Derek Parfit
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Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save MoralityFrom The Wall Street Journal: Chances are, unless you’re a philosopher, you’ve never heard of Derek Parfit. A philosopher’s philosopher, he...
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Censoring the classics is a ticket to the Dark AgesFrom Fox News: Among the most tragic events in human cultural history was the destruction of works from the great library of Alexandria....
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New Data on the UK’s Translated Fiction ReadersFrom Publishing Perspectives: Nielsen’s 2022 Books and Consumers data looked at monthly updates on 3,000 United Kingdom book buyers aged 13...
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AI Robots in Retail StoresAnd thanks to F. for the tip.
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All that is goldAll that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost....
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Diagnosing Dr. FantasyFrom Writer Unboxed: If you’re a fan of epic fantasy or of Fantasy BookTube, our guest today will need no introduction. For the rest of you,...
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The first draft is always the hardest (and why you shouldn’t fear starting over)From Nathan Bransford: Early in my writing career, there was little I feared more than having to rewrite any part of my novels. I...
