Archive - No Talk Too Big

We know you're not flawless, and how boring would it be if you were?

Jun 26 •

This Is Not a Newsletter Update

I've had “new substack” on my digital to-do list for over a week, and I really thought today was the day I'd get to cross it off.

Jun 20 •

May 2025

Courage Is Not the Absence of Cringe, but Feeling the Cringe and Doing It Anyway

Or: The Only Thing We Have to Cringe About Is Cringe Itself

May 12 •

April 2025

If You Give a Mouse a Substack...

and take away her voice, she's gonna write a rambling update that may or may not be of use to anyone.

Apr 17 •

March 2025

Building My Own Op-Ed Section

Because fuck 'prestige,' especially in this age of untrustworthy newspapers (:cough: WSJ :cough:)

Mar 1 •

February 2025

'A Few Good Things' is now 'No Talk Too Big'

In hopes a name change will encourage me to write more frequently

Feb 22 •

January 2025

By the Skin of My Teeth

Looking back on a year full of...well, let's just say full of living

Jan 1 •

November 2024

I Coulda Been Someone...

The story of the NYTimes byline that almost was, and why it wasn't

Nov 14, 2024 •

October 2024

A Departure From the Norm and a Return to Myself

I actually did some work on my own writing last month!

Oct 3, 2024 •

May 2024

In Praise of Completion

I’ve had “write an update on Substack” on my digital to-do list for weeks, but something always seems to come up just as I’m sitting down to actually…

May 23, 2024 •

January 2024

A Rambling Retrospective

Because I didn't have time to write a tighter one

Jan 1, 2024 •

August 2023

Summer Break for the Creative Brain

On keeping the embers burning, even when it's not time for a fire

Aug 2, 2023 •

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