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We Are At War With Metaphor
I stumbled upon this piece of silliness on LinkedIn, the home of much earnest Internet silliness. (Even the Guardian, which never met a bleeding heart…
G. M. Baker
Mar 20
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February 2023
On The Particularity of Death, Life, and Fiction
My sister died two weeks ago. We have just returned home from her funeral. In October, she began to feel tired. By January, she was dead of an…
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Feb 14
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January 2023
Why Does Contemporary Fiction Not Seem Real to Me?
Reflections on beginning to read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
G. M. Baker
Jan 28
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Announcing The Needle of Avocation
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G. M. Baker
Jan 14
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December 2022
The Half-life of Allusions
There is a somewhat odd-sounding line in Dr. No: Major Boothroyd : [to Bond] Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a…
G. M. Baker
Dec 28, 2022
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No Room at the Inn
A Christmas Story With Easter Eggs
G. M. Baker
Dec 17, 2022
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On Finding an Audience
The task for every author is finding an audience. If your book is any good (and I have some reason to believe that mine aren’t bad) then there is an…
G. M. Baker
Dec 3, 2022
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November 2022
The Function of Beauty in Literature
The function of beauty in literature, and in art more generally, is a complex one. But it has come to be challenged more in the current age, where the…
G. M. Baker
Nov 26, 2022
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Announcing St. Agnes and the Selkie
I’m pleased to announce that St. Agnes and the Selkie, the sequel to The Wistful and the Good is now available in eBook form, with paperback to follow…
G. M. Baker
Nov 15, 2022
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Heroism vs Victimhood
I’m experimenting with Bookfunnel sales promos for Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight. You would oblige me by clicking though to Fantastic Female Led…
G. M. Baker
Nov 12, 2022
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Trade Economy vs Craft Economy
The great shift that reshaped roles, relationships, and societies
G. M. Baker
Nov 2, 2022
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October 2022
The Rise of Worldbuilding and the Decline of Literature
Why Story Seems to be Increasingly Taking a Back Seat
G. M. Baker
Oct 1, 2022
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