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No, Not All Prologues Suck. Get Over It.
Just like "show don't tell," not all conventions or rules are the same.
Feb 22
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Dave Walsh
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January 2024
Your moral compass will never be good for business
But you should follow it anyway.
Jan 10
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Dave Walsh
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December 2023
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron; or, the Return of Metaphor to the Box Office
I give my best attempt at a spoiler-free breakdown of why Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron is the exact film we collectively need right now.
Dec 12, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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Short Fiction: "The Stillness"
A piece of new weird fiction.
Dec 1, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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October 2023
The Protectors of the Lost (Battl)Arts in the Age of Flattening Expression
How a pro wrestling match between Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe shows the value of expression when a medium has moved in a different direction.
Oct 24, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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The 'American Fiction' Trailer and the Unfathomable Depths of Publishing
From Orion Pictures, Amazon (LOL) MGM Studios, somehow! What is this world?
Oct 20, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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Fractured Sentinel on Sale This Week...
I mean, I don't promote here very often.
Oct 8, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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Connecting the Dots Between Meme Stock Evangelists and AI Writing True Believers
A look at Dan Olson's latest video about meme stocks and how it connects with modern indie publishing movements.
Oct 3, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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September 2023
Authors Need to Abandon This Aspirational Nonsense
Learn the lessons from unionized creatives and workers, already.
Sep 18, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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August 2023
"My Generation was Fooled to Pursue Our Dreams"
"... but it is not what it seems, you never need what you want and you rarely want what you need"
Aug 11, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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July 2023
Why I Refuse to Glorify Guns in My Fiction
Guns suck and a call for mutual aid for a fellow author.
Jul 25, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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The New Saints
A speculative fiction short story.
Jul 19, 2023
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Dave Walsh
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