Journal 2024-04-18 If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton Perhaps these daily notes I write to myself in Obsidian could be interesting as posts on Cartoon Gravity? They will at least help to mark our passage around the sun.
Journal Well done, humans Sometimes, just sometimes, it's possible to set aside all the terrible things that are happening in the world and just take a few minutes to marvel at what human beings are capable of. Here are three of those minutes:
Journal John McPhee - Editors and Publisher I'm currently nursing a small obsession with John McPhee, a non-fiction writer of countless books and longread magazine pieces. His "Draft No.4" is one of the best books on writing I've ever read. It's a collection of New Yorker pieces, of
Journal RIP Robert Gottlieb As newsletter readers and Development Hell subscribers will know, I recently watched and loved the documentary "Turn Every Page", which was about the decades-long working relationship of writer Robert Caro ("The Power Broker") and editor extraordinaire Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb passed away yesterday at the age of
Journal Pleasant Green website now live Excuse two e-mails in two days (what is this, Substack?!), but I thought it might be of passing interest to some of you that there is now a Pleasant Green website. This is an experiment in fiction, as well as an opportunity to expand the Pleasant Green universe into a
Journal Tuesday Stuff Modesty Blaise on Kindle, Lovecraft Investigations, Aldrich Kemp, Da Vinci's flat for sale...
Journal Wednesday Inspiration A host of links to prompt something (anything!) on a snowy Wednesday morning.
Journal Thursday Links A light smattering of interesting tidbits to get the creative juices flowing on a cold Thursday morning.
Journal Morning Pages Mindy Kaling plavs Velma! Routine, Evernote, MyMind and a host of excellent links.
