01 · No house style
Sound like yourself, even when you're still auditioning voices. Weird commas welcome.
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The reading room
Long reads, half-finished drafts, and odd obsessions all belong. No résumé voice required: just something you mean.
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Loose rules · real talk
How we treat writing here
(Not a handbook, more like sticky notes on the monitor.)
02 · Write before you're ready
No niche deck required. One honest thread in public beats a year of outlines in private.
03 · Build a voice, not an audience
Follower math isn't the point. Write for future-you; the right readers tend to drift over.
04 · Short is fine
Three paragraphs of thinking-out-loud still count. Not every post needs a bow on it.
05 · Nobody is performing here
The deal is simple: we're all mid-process. Try things without apology.
06 · Your worst post is still yours
Polish is cheap; live thought isn't. Messy drafts age better than empty pages.
07 · Write like nobody's grading you
Because here, they are not.
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The Iron Church
Snow fell thick over the dead forest. The church had burned a hundred years ago, but its bones still stood. Charred beams. A crooked bell tower. The bell itself still hanging somehow, rusted and...
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Lurk all you like; write when you're ready
Save drafts, follow writers, and leave the kind of comments that feel like letters.
- Post longform without a growth playbook
- Find people who care about the same odd things
- Threads that stay human-sized
- Your work stays yours
Elsewhere on the desk
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Same river of posts, just easier to browse once the lead story has the spotlight.
The Moment of Pop Origin
Listeners of my podcast over the past ten years are familiar with a phrase I coined, "The Moment of Pop". It describes the moment when a wrestling ...
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Hamlet Prepares
Greetings, one and all. Here is my latest short film. It tells the story of a community theatre actor who lands the role of a lifetime. Enjoy and l...
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Time trial
Little late but about 3 weeks ago ran a 5:23 mile but wanna run a sub 5 this season
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SUNSET ON TITAN RIDGE
The twin suns of Titan Ridge burned low and copper-red, staining the methane plains in bruised light. Wind dragged static across the rusted skele...
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I'm Writing A Book!
I'm writing a book! The Work Of Wrestling: A Book About Art is a combination of my best work over the past decade with entirely new writing on the ...
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Vertical Cut
The building had no name, just floors stacked like bad decisions. Rain turned the concrete into glass. Kade was already moving when the first knif...
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review of the terraformers by annalee newitz
So let’s start by saying that I adored this book. I thought it was so creative and so fun and so thought-provoking and so educational. I loved the ...
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No Rails, No Mercy
The city rose in slabs and ledges, a concrete spine slick with rain and oil. No handrails. No safety nets. Just drops. Milo sprinted anyway. ...
INDIANA JONES AND THE BLOOD SUN CROWN
The rain came down hard and hot, turning the Guatemalan jungle into a steaming graveyard of mud and insects. Indiana Jones hated jungles. He hated...