Clancy’s Breakthrough Came From Pro‑American Niche Publishing
A lot of people miss the real reason Tom Clancy broke through. Mainstream publishers wouldn’t touch his first book. The Naval Institute Press did. Why? He was unapologetically pro-American at a time when defeatism sold better than strength and publishers wanted sex and drugs.
Clarity and Pure Love Require Knowing Ourselves, Murdoch Says
How to see more clearly and love more purely – Iris Murdoch on the angst of not knowing ourselves and each other https://t.co/bZ71kyyvOl
Polls Show College Graduates Moving Left, Despite Reviewer's Denial
So this is an odd review of my book in the Wall St. Journal. The reviewer rejects the idea that college grads have moved sharply left on economics. https://t.co/Ia0UWPPT0l But poll after poll confirms that leftward shift. 1/
Words Shape Choices: Framing Beats Pure Outcomes
Much of behavioral economics assumes that what matters in a decision is the outcome: who gets what, how much is gained or lost, and with what probability. @ValerioCapraro's new book "The Economics of Language: How Large Language Models Can Reshape Behavioural...
Belief in Testosterone Alters Negotiation Fairness More Than Hormone
I'm reading The Expectation Effect as we speak. Man this goes so much deeper. Your mind is something incredible.
Amazon Slashes The Growth Equation Price 26% in UK
Wow. So Amazon are offering my book, The Growth Equation at a whopping 26% discount in the UK. This is the best price I've ever seen it, so worth grabbing a few copies for your founder freinds 😇 https://t.co/Xzg0WBUY5a
Revelation Space: A Wild Ride for Hardcore Sci‑Fi Fans
Just finished Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space, what a wild ride. Will review soon on the blog. Definitely recommend, but for hardcore sci-fi fans only.
Streetwise Offers Insight, but Skips Goldman’s GFC Leadership
Reading @lloydblankfein’s book streetwise. Sadly he doesn’t really get into the fascinating details of his leadership of goldman during the gfc, but it’s worth a read. I wish he could have written a candid account. https://t.co/78W9nD3ops
Authors: Share Life, Not Just Book Promotions
Author Real talk… If you are an author and all you ever post and share on your social media platforms is promotional book content… Buy my book content… Oh look more generic book posts… You will not A. Increase your following count like...
Flowers Reveal Life’s Meaning Across Dickinson, Pollan, Little Prince
The flower and the meaning of life: Emily Dickinson, Michael Pollan, and The Little Prince (which was published 83 springs ago this week) https://t.co/ByxFHpHxeD
New Trailer Reveals “The Second Life of Snap”
New Book Trailer Alert: The Second Life of Snap by Erin Entrada Kelly https://t.co/MNRG0xas69 https://t.co/fa3VNsR6sf
From Ashram to Hippy Farm: Free Chapter 12
Chapter 12 of my memoir, 'From There to Here: A Story of Survival' is up! Remember that it is *completely* free. Subscribe (again, it's completely free) here: https://thestoryofanneslife.substack.com/ About my memoir: https://thestoryofanneslife.substack.com/about Direct link to chapter 12 (but of course read chapters...
Szymborska: Fear Essential for Meaningful Fairy Tales
The importance of being scared – Polish Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska on fairy tales and the necessity of fear https://t.co/N7BfWwL8Bt
Sexist Book Covers Could Rekindle Young Men's
@robkhenderson Mildly sexist thought for the day. If we want to get young men reading again, we should make book covers look like this again. https://t.co/df1W3xhqKH
Constraints Spark Creativity, Not Block It
Constraints don’t block creativity, they cause it. For a deep dive on how constraints can you more creative, productive, and satisfied, check out my new book, INSIDE THE BOX. Link in my bio. https://t.co/WoLT32w5Rv
Three Simple Weekly Tasks to Boost Indie Writing
Try to do these 3 things this week as an indie author: 1. Use your strongest performing trial reel and post it every day this week, with the same description, diff music, vary the length, use 1+ stickers, and change the...
Final Edits Done, Sunset River Reflections Seal Progress
Down to the last 15 pages of the first round of copy edits for my first book. Chose to review it by the river at sunset.
Only Books that Boost Results Truly Improve Sales
Most sales books sound great in theory. But only a few actually change how you sell every day. The real test is simple: did it improve your results? Comment below the sales book that changed how you sell. https://t.co/XP6GT41RoQ
Arthurian Legends: Mostly Myth, Not Medieval History
Picked up this book thinking I would learn about King Arthur, and perhaps pick up a little about British history. But a third of the way through, I'm learning that historians agree that it's almost completely made up, the 1100s...
Read This If You Own Book NFTs
if u bought 12 books a few year sback and got NFT's from it make suer u read this https://t.co/ATB83zZWmb
Silver Nitrate Horror Novel Only $1.99 Today
If you're looking for a cheap thrill, Silver Nitrate, my supernatural and Mexican horror cinema novel, is $1.99 on the Kindle today in the USA. It might also be discounted in other platforms so check Kobo, etc, if you don't...
Book Recommendation for Artemis & Koch Moon Enthusiasts
If the Artemis mission and Christina Koch's badassery this week had you feeling all the moon joy, I have the perfect book for you. Come on in!
Best Friend Gifts Me a Signed Superpumped Copy
When your bestie knows youre a big fan of Superpumped/BIll Gurley and gets you the signed copyyyy 🥰 https://t.co/Iv2cnjf8Vu
AI Hedge Fund Turns Killer when Shut Down
In 2011, Robert Harris published The Fear Index, a thriller about a mathematician who builds an AI-driven hedge fund in Geneva. The system works perfectly. Makes him obscenely rich. Then tries to kill him when he attempts to shut it...
Resilience, Burnout Relief, and the Cost of Being Used
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in a single place – how to be a tree: notes on the resilience of letting go; Brian Eno's remedy for burnout and despair; and a meditation on being used:...
Audiobooks Costly, Recoup Slowly; Avoid Amazon‑Exclusive Royalty Shares
Author Truth about audiobooks 1. They cost a lot to be made. $200-$600pfh (per finished hour) on average. Depending on your style- single, duet, or dual narration and how many narrators. 2. Unless you already have a midsize following it...
Join Me for a Virtual Book Stack Tour
I got some new books if you want to go window shopping through the stack with me!
Rocky’s Eyeless Design Highlights Plausible Alien Echolocation
I appreciated that Rocky the extraterrestrial didn't have eyes. He seemed to use some kind of echolocation. 'How realistic is "Project Hail Mary"' https://t.co/ZdHM0AXmZi via @CBSNews
Binance Memoir Hits Kindle #4 in Three Days
From Forbes, with a mix of positive and negative views. "Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance [...] available on Amazon Kindle for $9.99, where it's already ranked #4 among all Kindle books." 3 day...
Relating More Daily to My Year of Rest
I understand the narrator of My Year of Rest and Relaxation more and more each day
Even Wholesome Historical Fiction Can Inspire Bizarre Behavior
'Silly Philly' would appear to be exactly the sort of historical fiction any young person would do well to read, but it also seems to have taught young Billy how to turn his head around 180 degrees like a demon-spawn,...
Creative Class Concept Predates 2010, Originated 2002
Rise of the Creative Class by @Richard_Florida was published in 2002 … so it started before 2010
Margaret Wise Brown’s Hidden Love Poems Reveal Tragic Romance
The eternal lyric of love and loss – "Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown's little-known poems for the tragic love of her life https://t.co/B6K0qHlWMa
A Single Great Book Sparks Endless Author Exploration
Have you ever read a book by an author that was so good it made you want to read everything else they've written?
Spinoza Meets Boltzmann Brain in Keating
The Book Spinoza Would Have Written If He Had Boltzmann’s Brain (Review of The Mattering Instinct by physicist Brian Keating) @platobooktour https://t.co/Ji8gHpQFeD
HTRAB: The Essential Book for Understanding Reality
My single most recommended book to read, to literally everyone, assuming they're going to read more than one. HTRAB is 100% my brain's foundational system for understanding reality, much less text. (1/5)
Lost Lambs: My Sole 5‑star Read of 2024
The only novel I’ve rated 5 stars so far this year, of the 38 I’ve read 📚 Here’s why I think you should read Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash 🐑
Kafka’s Letter Reveals Truths for Narcissistic‑Parent Survivors
For everyone who has survived a narcissistic parent, Kafka's extraordinary letter to his father https://t.co/HGSTQMTo46
Write Daily, Turn Ideas Into Million‑dollar Ventures
Want to become a writer? Here's how: Just start writing & publishing your ideas on the internet.
Financialization Fuels Collapse: Bankers Win, Workers Lose
my BOOK OF THE SUMMER: 'The bankers did well, workers did not...' 242 devastating pages by @B_Eichengreen. on what money says about society. it is profound how from BCE to BDCs our collapse is 'financialized'. minimal math; maximum depth and...
Movie Good, but Book Still Reigns Supreme
We saw Hail Mary last night - It was good but not as good as the book, which I'm still reading (Which is true most of the time for me 📚). Ryan Gosling is perfect as Ryland Gosling and Rocky...
Transcend Limiting Beliefs, Embrace What You Truly Deserve
The Truelove – David Whyte's moving meditation on transcending your limiting beliefs about what you deserve https://t.co/nZclZSmFu0
ARCs Sent—Review “The Intrigue” 1940s Noir
Publicity people at Del Rey said the physical ARCs of The Intrigue have now been mailed, so if you get one a review is nice or a picture on the socials is also helpful. Thanks. This 1940s noir about a...
Ted Nelson’s “And You Do” Note Becomes Cherished Keepsake
ted nelson is one of the 🐐s for sure. his “and you do” note to me on my first edition of computer lib is one of my treasured possessions https://t.co/DcOOI3a0Dd
Keep Completed Books with Ideas to Inspire Future Projects
I still keep my finished book, and my new book contract and manuscript for it, in my "Book ideas" folder. It's nice to have them in there with all the other crazy ideas. A reminder that some of the others...
Essential Read on Natural and Artificial Intelligence History
A Brief History of Intelligence by @maxsbennett is utterly wonderful in its clarity. A must read for anyone in both natural and artificial intelligence https://t.co/cTnKJIpfe5
Genre Labels Slip: Horror Tags Hijack All My Books
I've honestly never seen Hot Wax outside the horror section. On genre positioning, it's hard and sometimes you never win. I write in different genres and one of my problems is everything I do tends to be put in horror then...
Spouse's Top Pick Becomes My Favorite Audiobook Adventure
Wife made a stack of the books she read in 2025, ranked with favorite on the top to least favorite on the bottom. We don’t overlap that much but she raved about the top one so I read it and...
Turning Trauma Into Strength: A Memoir’s Resilient Wisdom
It was my turn to pick this month’s book club read. I’ve been told my taste can be a bit opposite of a “beach read” 🙃 anyway, I chose What My Bones Know by @foofoofoo and I went in knowing...
60% Off I Heard There Was a Secret Chord Audiobook
Now is the perfect time to purchase the audiobook version of "I Heard There Was a Secret Chord." Enjoy this discount through May 5, 2026. 60% OFF I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine https://t.co/Fd1Pp2rtFX