Beyond Craft
Joe Ponepinto, Evil TwinBeyond Craft is a Substack dedicated to helping writers (both established and emerging) to better understand their endeavor. It is a realistic look at the challenges of writing and publishing, and the changing practices of the publishing industry.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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A F***ing Think Piece on Profanity in Literature and Culture
In the incessant search for something decent to watch my wife and recently tried the streaming series Big Mistakes. Daniel Levy is one of our favorite actors/comedians. You might remember him from Schitt’s Creek. In this show he plays a pas...
On Vocational Awe
In my first writers’ group a friend and I half-jokingly talked about how we would go out in public and think things like, “These people don’t know it, but I’m a writer.” As if being a writer conferred some special quality upon us. Thank goo...
Helping Young Men Rediscover Reading
I just reread The Great Gatsby, after many years, for my book club.
I enjoyed it quite a lot. It was great to experience Fitzgerald’s style again. Yes, the book is now over 100 years old, but this is the kind of writing on which I was educ...
It Was All on Star Trek
Nearly every day my inbox has another opinion piece about artificial intelligence. Sam Khan is against using it. Colson Whitehead loves using it, except for his art. Francis Fukuyama has long-term concerns. Matt Lutz thinks it’s eventually...
Some Thoughts on Marketing Your Work
How do writers reconcile serious work with the bullshit of marketing?
A few weeks ago I attended an online seminar regarding book marketing without using social media. When I heard about it I immediately signed up because using social medi...
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Beyond Craft is dedicated to helping writers better understand their endeavor—everything from working more creatively and efficiently, to identifying publishing opportunities, and knowing what to avoid along the way.
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