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The Twelve Reads of Christmas
‘Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?’ ‘Certainly one does. I am all for it.’
Alex Johnson
Dec 9, 2022
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What do writers DO all day?
“Good God man,” he said. “You don’t mean to tell me you work in the afternoon?”
Alex Johnson
Jan 6
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Going Native: Chapter 7 - Part I
Gerald Brenan wrote in 1956 at the end of his trip through the country in The Face of Spain that returning to London after Madrid offended his…
Alex Johnson
Feb 10
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Wordcounts and time management
Never pump yourself dry, advised Ernest Hemingway
Alex Johnson
Dec 1, 2022
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Sitting, standing, or lying down: How do writers write?
“I am a completely horizontal author.” Truman Capote
Alex Johnson
Nov 22, 2022
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Time for a siesta: A bonus newsletter on reusing content
If something’s worth writing, it’s almost certainly worth rewriting. One of the first lessons I learnt as a travel journalist in the 1990s was that if…
Alex Johnson
Jul 18, 2022
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Hot Dogs and Flesh Days: Menus That Made History returns
“Push it into your mouth and keep pushing it until it is all gone.”
Alex Johnson
Mar 10
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A short history of the To Be Read list
A harmless minor pleasure or a chronic exercise in futility?
Alex Johnson
Feb 6
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What books have you actually read?
My name is written inside, I’ve even added a couple of wincingly pompous notes on occasional pages. I must have read it. But I can’t recall a thing…
Alex Johnson
Jan 17
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Work in progress: A literary almanac
A peek behind the velvet curtain at what I'm writing at the moment
Alex Johnson
Jan 27
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The Joy of Pets: Writers and their cats, dogs, and laughing jackasses
"If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings," advised Aldous Huxley, "the best thing you can do is to keep a pair of…
Alex Johnson
Oct 6, 2022
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What I read in 2022
A lightly annotated list from Everyone is Still Alive to Winter Tales via Pont
Alex Johnson
Dec 15, 2022
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