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I turned in my book manuscript a few weeks ago. It took 18 months to complete, if I start counting from the moment when the idea first wormed into my b…
Mar 27
You might've seen a bunch of these fun social graphs circulating around Twitter a few weeks ago. For example: There was something surreal to me about s…
Feb 16
If my Amazon order history is to be believed, I've decided to go on a little Japanese fiction kick lately. One of the books I picked up was Kokoro, by …
Dec 30, 2019
I left my job at the end of October. With a few weeks free before starting a new gig (more on that in a sec) — enough time to relax, but not quite enou…
Nov 21, 2019
Game designer Warren Spector once described his dream project: a roleplaying game that takes place within a single city block, packed with all the apar…
Oct 17, 2019
Hello! I'm just getting back from Indonesia, where I spent part of my childhood. It was my first trip back in twenty years, so I was curious (and a bit…
Sep 17, 2019
Hello! I recently spent a relaxing week in Utah climbing rocks, splashing around lakes, and exploring canyons. Breaking out of my daily routines remind…
Aug 16, 2019
Hi! I’ve been thinking about a certain interpersonal dynamic between friends, the one where someone wants to talk at length about whatever’s happened t…
Jul 15, 2019
Hello! Sometimes when people say things to me, I picture their sentences diagrammed on a blackboard, with soft gossamer trails of hidden meaning stream…
Jun 15, 2019
Hello! My brain is dry as a desert these days. I've been holding an uncut gem in my hand, turning it over and over, trying to figure out the best way t…
May 14, 2019
Hello! One of the loveliest things about living in a city is going back to old haunts - a neighborhood, a bar, a restaurant - and realizing how much yo…
Apr 13, 2019
Hello! A friend of mine has very good taste in music, but I couldn’t tell you what he listens to. I couldn’t name a single artist he plays, or where on…
Mar 14, 2019
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