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Jed's avatar

do creative work (the work of creation), stubbornly, without any investment in the outcome of that work. I do a lot of self-promotion on this platform and others--because my work isn't for everybody, and so for the few people who would like it to find it, a lot of rejecting eyeballs need to see it--but it's important to keep that work entirely separate from the creative practice of writing, which is an end into itself.

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Patrick Alan Coleman's avatar

Staying stubborn is just what I needed to hear today. Someday people will want to read a newsletter about G.G. Allin and the use of poop in modern art. Right?

Always badass advice, John.

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