I'm Publishing My Next Book on Substack
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I'm Publishing My Next Book on Substack
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#2Summary: because it’s all about “Me”! Me me me.
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#3Summary: because it’s all about “Me”! Me me me.
Interestingly enough the opening sentence was
“I’m a little like Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad.”.
The moral of the story in Breaking Bad was that Walter was so self absorbed and selfish that he risked everything in his life.
How clueless we all are about the machinations of our own ego.
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#4Summary: because it’s all about “Me”! Me me me.
Interestingly enough the opening sentence was “I’m a little like Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad.”. The moral of the story in Breaking Bad was that Walter was so self absorbed and selfish that he risked everything in his life. How clueless we all are about the machinations of our own ego.
Using this as an opening sentence without any irony is the worst thing I ever read.
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#5Very interesting article, but that first line about Walter White didn't really do a good job in setting the correct tone for the article.
That being said, the book he plans on releasing in installments about music looks good.
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#6Summary: because it’s all about “Me”! Me me me.
He gives detailed calculations about how it is better for him financially(and for creative freedom) to publish on Substack. John McWhorter did something similar, wrote out the chapters of his recent book as separate essays on substack. Neither of these two are unknown names. There is something happening here.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interestingly enough the opening sentence was “I’m a little like Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad.”. The moral of the story in Breaking Bad was that Walter was so self absorbed and selfish that he risked everything in his life. How clueless we all are about the machinations of our own ego.
Using this as an opening sentence without any irony is the worst thing I ever read.
This thread is an example of the worst kind of commentary to be found on HN. These knee-jerk negative responses have become a meme at this point.
Instead of jumping to conclusions about the article (and author!) based on its first sentence, how about we take some nuance into consideration and try to understand where they're coming from?
With a positive attitude, you can clearly see that the author's comparison is towards the character's desire to focus on their work, instead of the "messy" processes around it. It's a superficial comparison about this one specific trait, not about the entire character or the series.
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#8It helps greatly that he already has a huge brand. Part of the role of the publisher is to promote authors, although that that has changed to favoring social media.
It would also seem like writing posts is a way better ROI on time compared to a book.
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#9It's like back in the day, when a bunch of Victorian (?) novels were published by chapter in newspapers.
Re: I'm Publishing My Next Book on Substack
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interestingly enough the opening sentence was “I’m a little like Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad.”. The moral of the story in Breaking Bad was that Walter was so self absorbed and selfish that he risked everything in his life. How clueless we all are about the machinations of our own ego.
Using this as an opening sentence without any irony is the worst thing I ever read.
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