The 37 articles I've written for @wearemel and the 200 or so I've written for @MUGGER1955 are better than anything I ever did in grad school. 275,000 words in 18 months, covering nearly everything I've ever wanted to write about
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You don't know who I am because I don't write hot takes or wade into social media feuds, but the editors I'm constantly turning down know who I am. Having a day job + three editors at three pubs who know how to edit my work (they make the edits they need) = fantastic
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Aside from the people reading me to scoop the coverage I do -- I'm looking at you, other men's magazines -- or the other freelancers who ask for my connections while keeping me out of cite, I'm largely unknown, but being unknown and paid to do good work is wonderful!
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I don't think there's another person working today in the "artsy" mainstream who so carefully examines the intersection where deception, social media influence, bullshit posturing, hacky publicity writing, and muscled bodies meet
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And I won't let my sources talk that nonsense "placed publicity" PR drivel so many want to share in this era of the "branded self". I force them to explore uncomfortable topics that readers actually want to know about
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