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Publishing and the Mediocre White Man
I recently reconnected with an old mentor.
Jul 20
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Jason Quinn Malott
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May 2025
AI Is a Gun, Pointed at Our Collective Heads
Like a lot of writers and editors, I was appalled at the news about the AI generated summer reading list filled with fake books that was published in…
May 27
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Jason Quinn Malott
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AI Is a Gun, Pointed at Our Collective Heads
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The "I have an idea, can you write it for me?" People are Making a Comeback, and I Despise Them Even More Now.
In 2005, I went to work at Watermark Books and Cafe.
May 24
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Jason Quinn Malott
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The "I have an idea, can you write it for me?" People are Making a Comeback, and I Despise Them Even More Now.
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March 2025
A Writer Considers Quitting.
When I was a young and naive, my idea of success as a writer was to live in a cabin in Montana.
Mar 22
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Jason Quinn Malott
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Are We Always Real Same-Same?<*>
Brand re-engineering in literature.
Mar 4
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Jason Quinn Malott
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Are We Always Real Same-Same?<*>
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January 2025
I Recant because I can
My first twelve posts, newsletters, missives—whatever you want to call them—basically amounted to a melodramatic mic drop in an empty room.
Jan 25
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Jason Quinn Malott
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December 2024
Fighting the Algorithm
Fighting the Algorithm
Dec 6, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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November 2024
The Marketplace and its Chokehold
Part 11 of 12
Nov 22, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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The Modern Novel. Thanks Betty Crocker.
Part 10 of 12
Nov 8, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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October 2024
Modernism, Totalitarianism, and The Descent into Uniformity
Part 9 of 12
Oct 25, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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The Writing Industrial Complex: From The One-day Seminar to the Iowa Writers Workshop
Part 8 of 12
Oct 11, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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September 2024
The Craft and The Business
Part 7 of 12
Sep 27, 2024
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Jason Quinn Malott
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