Serious thoughts
31 March, 2025
In Styles of Seriousness, Steven Connor unpicks the odd things we do to show we're "being serious" — and what can happen when we do them without thinking.
What's New
A long time ago I had a Blogspot blog that I updated multiple times a week. It has been (wisely, thankfully) lost to the ages, but occasionally I'll put some thoughts and announcements here.
Seeing your name in print
6 February, 2025
It's hard to get your own work published, but helping others with theirs costs you nothing.
Retconversations With Greatness
26 December, 2024
After a ten-year hiatus, Marx is back.
Being a writer isn't what it used to be
13 November, 2024
I decided I wanted to be a writer in the late 90s. Would I still make the same decision now?
Two steps forward, one step back
3 September, 2024
It's been ten years since I published my novel. What have I been doing ever since?
The real problem with LinkedIn, according to Marxists
1 July, 2024
I recently bought a copy of The Influencer Factory: A Marxist Theory of Corporate Personhood on YouTube, and I can’t remember the last time a book blew my mind quite so completely.
Read the rest of "The real problem with LinkedIn, according to Marxists"
What writers really want: counterpoint
19 March, 2024
My friend Joe self-published a book this year, which made me question a lot of my assumptions about the purpose of publishing.
What writers really want
11 February, 2024
Are we just keeping conventional publishing around for the status?
The starving artist chooses door C
8 January, 2024
Ah, the starving artist, that beautiful, romantic, cultural icon: a person so devoted to their creative vision that they'd sooner go hungry than pursue anything else. I hate the stupid starving artist.
Starting from scratch
19 December, 2023
Is this the start of a new, prolific period of blogging?