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Whether Snail Books should publish it … I haven’t decided
It’s Wednesday, and decisions made on Wednesdays tend to be slippery It’s been many a year since I […]
The Molecule of More by Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long
Dopamine makes promises that it is in no position to keep Three books have profoundly shaped my […]
It only makes sense that I will exist again —
There was a time when I did not exist.Now I exist.There will be a time when I do not exist. It only […]
About John Miedema, Author and Publisher
The story behind Snail Books and a life of writing at a human pace John Miedema, Photo by David […]
We’re machines and machines are objects
“Dex took note of Mosscap’s phrasing. ‘So, it is correct, then? You wouldn’t prefer they or—’ ‘Oh, […]