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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

“Wanting” is definitely going on the wishlist. Audiobook listeners - he narrates it!

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Shane O'Mara's avatar

Great piece, and lovely to see that Substack is now being seen as an ally to books rather than a competitor. I've found Substack introduces a slowness to reading again - this facilitates a depth of processing that other forms do not promote - they grab attention, you find the latest horror on the bird site circulates around and around your working memory, is updated, replaced by something new, and lost. I've also found that the regular practice of writing a Substack hones your productivity in all sorts of positive ways.

Can you name the last ten tweets you read? Almost certainly not. But a piece like this - it will be read, lingered over, and re-read. Hugely valuable - especially if you have a book coming out.

CoI: I have a book coming out on the 3rd August, and I blurb it each week in my Substack pieces (it's on how conversation, memory, and imagination intersect to create our shared worlds - a 'neurons to nations' journey: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442354/talking-heads-by-omara-shane/9781847926487).

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