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I’ve spent enough time online to notice people becoming confident about their ability to spot AI writing on sight, which probably explains why every few days somebody publishes a t...
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I was scrolling through Substack and noticed some of the strongest writers were in their forties, fifties, and beyond.
One woman wrote about losing her job at fifty-two and starting over with...
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I paid a professional editor to go through one of my drafts before publication. I’d already rewritten the piece several times myself, fixed the grammar, tightened sections,...
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I hadn’t heard of Gabrielle Zevin until Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow started showing up everywhere. I saw people reading it on trains, posting photos beside their coffee cups, and saying it changed...
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There’s this thing that often happens when a post flops.
You click publish, maybe around 8am or 2pm, depending on what you’ve been told works best. Then you sit back, maybe refresh...
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