Author: Connor Tomas O’Brien

Two years ago, I linked to this piece from Robin Sloan, in which he looks at the idea of ‘stock’ as counterpoint to ‘flow’. It’s one of maybe two or three articles or videos I come back to, again and again. (Another is Ira Glass talking about the “Good Taste Gap”). Anybody who wants to…

I’m working on a novel right now. I think this is the first time I’ve acknowledged that in words, because I can’t stand people who endlessly proclaim that they’re “writing a novel” instead of actually getting to work and, y’know, doing it. I’ve never really written “long” before. I’ve certainly written pieces in the thousands…