Trading Hours
I love routines. My life loves destroying them.
Dwell by Andrew Boryga
A novelist’s ongoing notes on the writing game, dad shit, culture, tech, and building a creative life from the mud up.
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Receipts to Keep Handy When Someone Accuses You of Writing With AI
For the culture.
Getting Paid Without Tap-Dancing for the Algorithm
I want readers to support my writing. I just don't want that support to change why I write.
Crying at the Trampoline Park
The "you'll miss these years" people were right all along.
Why Did I Buy These Books?
I contact-traced some of my recent book purchases back to the sources that made me put my money up.
The Kids Movies Are Trying to Tell Us Something
Two movies got me thinking about screens, authenticity, and the future... they just happened to be made for kids.
Writer Dads on Making Art in the Chaos
A Substack Live conversation about parenting, ambition, and trying to write novels while being a decent dad.
Don't Sleep on Readers
The people who will decide what survives the flood of A.I. writing are still human.
On Not 'Fighting Gravity'
What Jay-Z's evolution from Reasonable Doubt to 4:44 is teaching me about writing my second novel.
The Funhouse Mirror of Writing (and Reading) Satire
A recording from Andrew Boryga and Leigh Stein's live video
The Stuff I Put on My Desk So I Don’t Quit
Writing a novel is a process full of failure and doubt. These tools keep me going.
Humor Is a Practice: An Interview with Chris Duffy
Comedian and writer Chris Duffy on why having a sense of humor requires attention, generosity, and vulnerability.
25 Mins
Lessons from Pixar, the messy middle, and more.
The Only Cure I Know for Waiting
On finishing the draft, sending the email, and figuring out what the hell to do with yourself next.
2025 EOY Notes (Typed While Parenting)
Showing up counts for more than you know.
Live from Sing Sing: A Q&A with John J. Lennon
An incarcerated journalist dials into a Miami bookstore.
Writing vs. The Business of Writing
One is ultimately more important than the other, don’t forget that.
After the Launch: Debut Novelist Amran Gowani on Expectations, Sales, and Staying Sane
A candid conversation with novelist Amran Gowani about debut highs, publishing realities, and finding meaning beyond sales and hype.
Not Your Average Travelogue
Two family trips, two essays, and what I learned trying out a new genre.
The Showers Will Continue
You write the best book you can – nothing more, nothing less.
Loose Wires
Things I would have posted about on social media this past week, but didn’t.