Is the short novel the optimal length for the indie literary writer?

Thinking about success in the simplest possible terms

Dec 15, 2025 • ARX-Han

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October 2025

The importance of being deranged

An author is a reflection of themselves, staring into the manuscript as if it were a mirror.

Oct 25, 2025 • ARX-Han

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Decentralized Fiction and the inherent tradeoff between censorship-resistance and distribution

Expat Press, New Ritual Press, and the question of inherent tradeoffs for the outsider artist

Oct 12, 2025 • ARX-Han

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More INCEL coverage on the stack

My favorite part about being a novelist is that novels have a long tail

Oct 5, 2025 • ARX-Han

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Facedoxing at my first literary reading in New York City

Back from hiatus!

Oct 4, 2025 • ARX-Han

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July 2025

Literary persuasion as narrative contamination

"Excuse me, but there's some PERSUASION in my story, can you please SEND IT BACK???"

Jul 19, 2025 • ARX-Han

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New York City

I’m doing a reading on Saturday, July 26th at the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research with Matthew Gasda and Noah Kumin.

Jul 15, 2025 • ARX-Han

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June 2025

Alan Rossi's 'Our Last Year' and the unyielding sincerity of /newwave/romanticism/

An under-appreciated gem that stands against a general climate of wretchedness

Jun 29, 2025 • ARX-Han

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First Things first: an INCEL thinkpiece appears in First Things magazine

Shilling your way into literary credibility from the Amazon KDP gutter

Jun 22, 2025 • ARX-Han

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May 2025

Podcast appearance - Contra with Pedro Gonzalez (May 2025)

Chatting with Pedro about literature, politics, and identity

May 18, 2025 • ARX-Han

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Ross Barkan's 'Glass Century' and the agentic twins of protagonist & writer

human agency in both simulated and non-simulated forms

May 6, 2025 • ARX-Han

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April 2025

/newwave/ review - Matthew Gasda's 'The Sleepers' and millennial goonerism as a terminal spiritual malady

I've got thoughts on this one.

Apr 20, 2025 • ARX-Han

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