Niko McCarty, writing about writing in the age of AI:

“This is so boring. Why do you write like this?”

The truth is that my past slew of academic and corporate jobs had neutered my ability to write evocatively and creatively. Up until that point, I had never really stood up for anything in public. Perhaps I was afraid that people would attack me, or that my former mentors would be disappointed in my decision to publish argumentative or opinionated pieces. But that single sentence, uttered by my boss, shook me up. I started writing with fewer self-imposed restrictions. I stopped fearing the reactions of others. I decided to just be myself—to be uniquely human, and not give a damn.

Be a write, and not a write-not.

// 06.21.25

The month of August has been almost exclusively related to the usual activities of daily living and the new/growing job board I’ve started dedicated to true independent physician-owned radiology private practices, which now has 45 groups. I know a service like Independent Radiology probably has more impact than my usual sporadic writing, but I’m personally looking forward to getting back to my usual idiosyncrasies in September.

// 08.29.24

From “Writer Math” by Elissa Bassist in McSweeney’s:

If you think a piece is 100 percent done, it’s actually 45 percent done. To get it to 100 percent done, you can’t.

// 06.12.24

In addition to being New Year’s, this site turned 15 years old (!) today. It contains hundreds of posts, over a half million words, and oodles of my time.

Thanks for reading!

// 01.01.24

Hold in the back of your mind the notion that someday you’re gonna write a book. You don’t have to write it this year. Meanwhile, writing begets writing. Just get into some kind of situation where you are writing, and if it’s some various thing you’re publishing online, it’s still grist to the mill.

Legendary nonfiction writer John McPhee in an interview with GQ at the tender age of 92. For further reading, see Draft No. 4.

// 08.22.23