contributing writer @wearemel, @ringer, & @splicetoday. seen in @theatlantic, @parisreview, &c. repped by @inkwellmgmt. co-host of @whatisleftpod 
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i'm not some "art for art's sake" type, but I try to deliver not just content chock full of intriguing sentences, unexpected digressions, odd personal details (here I mention hand grippers)...anything to make what i've written worth skimming rather than merely clicking on
and if you read through the 500 or so paid bylines i've got posted on my page, you'll see that they all a) reference other pieces, b) hyperlink to those pieces, c) reuse certain turns of phrase from those pieces, or (in the case of the fiction) d) feature the same characters
i'm truly lucky that (some) editors have paid me and allowed me to construct funhouses for others and be their secret operator (heck, i'm quoting @mugger1955 hot take-verse fiction in the @cjr)
nothing "great" will ever come of it, but i'm cool with that, because for now this big web of meaning exists -- has been sold to finance my weight equipment, in fact! -- and i get to keep adding to it with each new piece
i mean, my vision for the writing i do, such as it is, is that every piece will contain every other piece, over and over 'til death do us part, etc.
whether it's recalling the intimate details of 1000 debtors or 500 work orders or 100 cases or every minute of a childhood emblazoned on my long-term memory, that's really what i do: i weave together all this cluttered material. i don't write anything "standalone"
i really do love writing. i wouldn't do it for free anymore, but i'm grateful that i have some good editors who pay me to keep doing it, and then let me keep doing what i want
i mean, seriously, if you go through my nonfiction, you'll see turns of phrase lifted verbatim from my fiction, lines like "missed happiness by a few minutes at some appointed destination," plus callbacks to "e-wrestling," "hand grippers," and "jesse ventura"
i usually don't express cornball sentiments like this, but i'm grateful to my current group of editorspic.twitter.com/YdaeMGFga4
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