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What It Feels Like to Not Have to Write Something Down
No :) I don’t need to do that right now :)
13 hrs ago
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The Worst Part About Publishing a Book in 2025 Is The New Kind of Spam
I don’t like getting spam emails as a general rule, but they’re usually pretty easy to filter and don’t cause more than a momentary spasm of irritation:
Nov 21
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Daniel Lavery
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Everything the Baby Currently Believes to be Basketball
The baby has recently entered into the age of fixations.
Nov 17
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Daniel Lavery
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Life in the universe where William Friedkin’s Sorcerer beats out Star Wars: A New Hope at the box office in the spring of 1977
Roy Scheider is nominated for a record-breaking 36 Emmys for his performance on NBC’s seaQuest DSV, beating Alan Alda’s run on M*A*S*H
Nov 14
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Daniel Lavery
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October 2025
Fielding Questions About My New Job's Shift Meal Policy
DANIEL: The burden is easy; the yoke is light. I receive no more than two to three emails a day on average. FRIENDS: Surely not —!DANIEL: It is not…
Oct 31
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Daniel Lavery
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"But PornosexualGooner101 Died 35 Years Ago...This Very Night!"
"There’s this idea that straight cis men have an entirely uncomplicated relationship to porn because they’re the most normative porn consumer…
Oct 25
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Daniel Lavery
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Being Asked to Join the Sacred Band of Thebes a Little Too Soon in a New Relationship
We had talked about the possibility in a general way once or twice, I’m sure. Lots of lovers do. They do it in the same way you might also talk about…
Oct 21
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Daniel Lavery
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Cupid and Psyche, Part IV: Somebody Get Me Some Wool
Cupid, meanwhile, was grounded. Recuperating. Chores for wives, house arrest for husbands, was the order of the day.
Oct 14
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Daniel Lavery
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An Excerpt from "Christmas at the Women's Hotel"
Christmas at the Women’s Hotel is coming out in about a week.
Oct 7
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Daniel Lavery
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September 2025
Fielding Questions About How Big the Bus I Get to Drive for Work is
Driving the big bus at work makes me feel like a character in Richard Scarry’s Busytown, alive with purpose, and surrounded by co-laborers who manage to…
Sep 29
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Daniel Lavery
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A Mild Defense of Mansfield Park's Edmund Bertram
“I am going to write a husband whom no one but myself will much like"
Sep 24
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Daniel Lavery
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Three Parents Discuss Children's Books, Part II
"I think Nikki is a liar and Grandma knows exactly what happened."
Sep 20
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Daniel Lavery
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