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In the Age of AI, Curtail Online Presence
The startup world in the 2010s rewarded having a substantial online presence, preferably under one’s real name.
11 hrs ago
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Michael O. Church
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November 2025
When Evaluating Literary Fiction, Next-Generation Large Language Models Still Aren't Beating "The Gap"
It is becoming clear that large language models, simply because they actually do read, are better than literary agents or any signal from traditional…
Nov 30
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Michael O. Church
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I Put My 450,000-Word Literary Fantasy Novel Into a Next-Generation LLM, and Here's What I Learned
Recently, I had access to a prototype of a next-generation large language model by a major technology company.
Nov 28
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Michael O. Church
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How to Nearly Guarantee Traditional Publication
A terrible idea that has a very high chance of success.
Nov 21
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Michael O. Church
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The Great Invalidation—How One Pervert Took Down An Empire
We live in a time of great revolutionary opportunity
Nov 18
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Michael O. Church
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"They All Knew"—On The Epstein Era
On the biggest cultural inflection point since 9/11
Nov 16
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Michael O. Church
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October 2025
Yes, Some of Our Enemies Are Fascists
... and yes, we will probably have to do something about them.
Oct 18
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Michael O. Church
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The Three Kinds of Hacks—A Response to Emily Zhou
I read Emily Zhou’s “Theory of the Hack” and came to the following two conclusions:
Oct 10
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Michael O. Church
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September 2025
The Nepo-calypse: What Happens When the Boomers Are Gone and Everything Still Sucks?
Capitalism delenda est
Sep 29
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Michael O. Church
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Do Literary Agents Steal Ideas From Querying Authors?
The Real Reason the Query System Exists
Sep 28
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Michael O. Church
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We're Gonna See Thousands of Right-Wing Literary Men, and It's Publishing's Fault
The book world is surely tired of identity politics by now.
Sep 27
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Michael O. Church
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Tribute Fatigue, not Elite Overproduction
The real explanation for why everything is falling apart.
Sep 14
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Michael O. Church
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