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June 2025

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok
Lessons on writing
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Why They Kill by Richard Rhodes
Lessons on writing
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5 writers who defied conventions and came up with their own genre
Truman Capote – In Cold Blood, 1966.
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Checkpoint 217
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May 2025

What Columbine by Dave Cullen taught me about writing
Writing is one of the ways we try to combat the worst shit humans do to each other.
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Another Day in Paradise
There was once a drone operator who loved his job.
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One thing I learned about writing from Chernobyl by Serhii Plokhy...
One thing I learned about writing from Chernobyl is how nuclear reactors work/don’t work.
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5 Writers that are Gonzo as Fuck
source: urbandictionary.com
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April 2025

One thing I learned about writing from Michael Crichton’s Dragon Teeth is that…
A story is whatever you want it to be.
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One thing I learned about writing by reading Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces is that…
The hero’s journey is a bunch of BS and I don’t need to stick to it as a writer.
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War Path
Chase didn’t want to go to the party.
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