Philip Mann-Montreal

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The Dragons, the dreamers and me: writing for an idea v. writing for money.

I got hooked on Dragons Den and Shark Tank recently. It’s a genuine reality show, but I identify with the poor contestants who agree to get their moment of fame at the risk of rejection and humiliation recorded for the world to see. …

Dragons Den

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The Dragons, the dreamers and me: writing for an idea v. writing for money.

Dragons Den

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Thinning of the ranks; writers dropping out of Medium.

Other writers have noticed it. I think Judy Derby wrote an article on it a few weeks ago, about how people she’s been reading were dropping out, sometimes giving notice to their readers, sometimes not. …

Dropping Out

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Dropping Out

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The Great Weeding; watching followers vanish.

It doesn’t instill confidence, I can tell you that. Most of the people I follow have in the low four figures of followers. Some have low five figures, and some are higher. I like reading what they think of and what they write, and only one or two have advice…

Followers

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Followers

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The myth of privileged writers; what the great ones did to succeed.

I’ve always had the illusion that writers have to devote at least some time to researching their articles here. Especially if some fact you highlight is a central point of your article. Well, my mistake. There was an article today about how white writers, male writers in particular, have had…

Writing

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The myth of privileged writers; what the great ones did to succeed.

Writing

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8 hours ago

This temperature might not sound cold to some of you, those living in places where it routinely gets down to minus 25 with eight feet of snow as standard.

The Indecipherable Magic Of A Well Gritted Path

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Argumentative Penguin

That would be Montreal, where I live.

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That would be Montreal, where I live.

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·8 hours ago

The death of god; the pendulum swings.

Before my throng of followers starts to wonder if I’ve walked away from my faith, or decided to copy a line from Nietzsche, not to worry. You’ll just have to hang on a minute or two. I’m referring to news that among the tidal wave of layoffs that has swamped…

God

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God

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8 hours ago

The World’s Most Stupid Objects to be Killed By on Film

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Reuben Salsa

You have too much time on your hands, Reuben

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You have too much time on your hands, Reuben

11 hours ago

I have heard of the inquisition, but not of Ramban.

barry robinson

Not sure. I think that the Spaniards began to exploit South America, and brought back tons of gold…

Not sure. I think that the Spaniards began to exploit South America, and brought back tons of gold and silver. This caused serious inflation, which did them harm.

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Not sure. I think that the Spaniards began to exploit South America, and brought back tons of gold and silver. This caused serious inflation, which did them harm.

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·1 day ago

Making sense of Medium; or whatever.

This won’t be an article about what to write here because I barely have any idea myself. I just know that progress is slow and steady, and that some who grew quickly dropped of the table just as quickly. I observed something last week, or actually made sense of something…

Medium

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Medium

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1 day ago

Arguing with Strangers on the Internet

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Colby Hess

Sometimes I think of Stephen King`s novel Cel, about some sort of pulse driving every cellphone…

Sometimes I think of Stephen King`s novel Cel, about some sort of pulse driving every cellphone user into a murderous rage, and wonder if he was onto something.

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Sometimes I think of Stephen King`s novel Cel, about some sort of pulse driving every cellphone user into a murderous rage, and wonder if he was onto something.