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Running Your Own Penny Press for Fun and Absolutely Zero Profit

Here’s the story of how I ran a ambulatory penny press.

A building I love

My Roman Empire is the interior spaces of the Glyptothek museum in Munich. I visited in the summer of 2024 and haven’t stopped thinking about it since. This post is to document some observations and get them out where I can reference them.

In Jane’s House

Of the many alternative fiction methods I’ve outlined in my Calls for Entries series ( Part One, Part Two, Part Three), one of the more recent is ‘tell a whole story with a series of yard signs.’

My Favorite Bands’ Favorite Bands

Here’s the story of a little website I built for myself, but thought I would share with others… and then realized I definitely only built it for myself.

Breathwork for Church

OK, ‘breathwork’ is this thing about controlled breathing, right?

So I started an OnlyFangs

I have a real job, but my side projects have occasionally gotten out of hand. One of those is Dracula Daily, the email newsletter where I email you the entire book Dracula, in ‘real time’, on the days when the events happen to the characters. The whole book runs over about six months. And then I do it again the next year.

Ride the Retro Metro

Today I’m excited to share a new site I made with Jessica Goldstein, author of forthcoming novel Retro.

Reading Honeywood

One of my favorite books I’ve read in the last few years is The Honeywood File, by H.B. Cresswell. It’s funny, it’s true-to-life, and it’s cathartic.

Tiny Truck Tracker

Look, ALL I want for christmas is a tiny electric pickup truck. Not a giant Ford F-747; a TINY truck that runs on electrons. There are lots of startups promising to launch this category. But launching a new car startup is practically impossible; will any of these companies actually succeed?

Three Types of Fun

There’s this idea that fun comes in different types;: ‘fun’ doesn’t always mean the same thing, and it’s useful to distinguish which type of fun you’re having, or intend to have.