traditional publishing

A tale of hubris and envy.

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“I’ve always wanted to write a book!” I hear quite a bit.

“Do it!” I say.

Writing a book has the lowest barrier to entry of any craft, hobby, art, free-time waster I can think of. Read more →

Mormons aren’t a cult. I know because I’m a Mormon and I was in a cult. The cult had me far more brainwashed than Mormonism ever did or ever will.

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I didn’t actually do the math.

I didn’t have the numbers for one side of the colon. But based on the proliferation of newsgroups, online critique groups, publishing forums in 2008, and the number of such denizens all trying to get published, I could guess. And it was huge.

Then there was me. 1 : x⁶²¹⁴

Mormons aren’t a cult. I know because I’m a Mormon and I was in a cult. The cult had me far more brainwashed than Mormonism ever did or ever will. Read more →