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Jun
30
Episodes: How to write a 6,000 word feature over five years

Episodes: How to write a 6,000 word feature over five years

I posted an article today that I've been working on, off and on, for five years. I thought
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Jun
27
Episodes: What and why

Episodes: What and why

Sunday night, I tweeted that I was going to get to my Twin Peaks review late, because I was on
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Jun
24
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 23)

Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 23)

I've got company, so we're going to keep this week's mailbag short and/or
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Jun
21
Episodes: The most exciting Emmy drama race in years, part the second

Episodes: The most exciting Emmy drama race in years, part the second

As I said back in January, this should be the most exciting Emmy drama race in years. Longtime nominee Downton
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Jun
17
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 16)

Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 16)

Hey, everyone. Sorry for the unexpected absences this summer. I've had a busier schedule than I was expecting,
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Jun
08
Episodes: Low places

Episodes: Low places

In my early 20s, my best friend got married, to a girl from New Jersey. Only a few of us
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Jun
03
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 2)

Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 2)

Hey, folks! I haven't done one of these in a couple of weeks for a variety of reasons,
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Jun
01
Episodes: Effect-cause

Episodes: Effect-cause

Toward the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, a movie I mostly hated, I realized
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May
26
Episodes: Taylor -- Why She Disappeared (with apologies to US Weekly)

Episodes: Taylor -- Why She Disappeared (with apologies to US Weekly)

It's been nearly six months since Taylor Swift stepped into a fallow corn field near Gallatin, Tennessee, and
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May
23
Episodes: The asshole

Episodes: The asshole

Dylan McDermott, the Fox executives assured all of us attending the network's upfront presentation, would be playing the
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