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  • Self-Publishing Tips from Savannah Brown

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    Some great tips about self-publishing + comparing self publishing and traditional publishing + a discussion on the benefits of print-to-order and doing an initial print of 2,500 books.

  • The Perfect PokéRap

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    There’s a thing I have for people who take something really simple and then overthink the living shit out of it. Here’s someone overthinking the PokeRap.

  • Bird by Bird

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    I’m reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I *LOVE* it so far, and the opening paragraph to the “Perfectionism” chapter may have changed my life.

  • Having a Good Morning with ToDoist and iOS 12 Shortcuts

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    Update: Literally this same day ToDoist released an app update that significantly simplifies the integration with Shortcuts. It will only get you to 70% of this shortcut, but for 90% of people that will be more than enough. I refuse to delete this post, though, cuz I had fun writing it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  I spent a few hours…

  • Mission Impossible: Fallout

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    Let’s get the important part of this review out of the way first: this is a 10/10 action movie. Good. Now we can dig in. I’m the kind of mediocre white guy who took a film class in high school and decided to make that the cornerstone of my personality. I’d like to say I…

  • adidas Skateboarding & Mark Gonzales & Tom Sachs

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    Adidas -> Marc Gonzales -> Tom Sachs

  • Kanye X The Office (US)

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    https://twitter.com/kanye_the_best/status/976922000626130949 I can’t think of a better description of the discography of Kanye West. Honestly. I’ve read hundreds of articles about his discography and career, watched countless “Worst to Best of Kanye West” videos, done every Kanye Madness bracket, and this is still the best Kanye-related thing I’ve seen.

  • Stop Taking those F’n Facebook Quizzes

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    Everyone’s (least) favorite social network has been a very useful tool for bamboozling the US to elect a certified idiot as president. The fact that there’s ties between aggressive pro-Trump advertising and Russia has been written about ad infinitum, but now there’s more. A phony “research center” from “Cambridge” literally took information from millions of Facebook…

  • Writing Apps

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    There’s an endless amount of writing apps and services that try to make our (my) life easier. Spell/grammar check tools, research tools, and hundreds of “organizational” apps for keeping track of your writing, incoming payments, etc. etc. But none of that matters unless you put your words into some word processor. There’s the basic tools…

  • Writing I’ve Been Reading (AKA Feb Favs)

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    Tom Scocca’s War on Smarm Tom Scocca left his job, so that obviously sent me down a rabbit hole of reading his work and seeing what people have to say about him. Honestly, the idea of a goodbye roast is both thrilling and terrifying. I’m not nearly as good a writer or editor as Tom,…