12 frogs read think get curious

Does it matter if you set out to do a project thinking you’ll probably do it badly?

“…increasing numbers of people crave some justification to be alone and think about their shit for at least one month of their lives, because society in the modern (i.e., capitalistic) era demands a lot of fucking attention just to survive, and you can easily let your entire life slip away without pondering the (generally unproductive [...]


writers worry

“Some things we come across and say, Oh, that’s terrible, and go on to the next thing. Other events, experienced and imagined, stay with us. The fact that they don’t go away is a hint about how important they are to our psyches. That’s a hint to which the writer should pay attention. What’s important [...]


Amy Hempel, a master at the craft

“Her stories simultaneously feel like she’s in danger with herself and yet somehow getting the last word. She’s vulnerable, and in charge of the puppets and that’s writing.”


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