A Brief Introduction
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I’m happy you’ve found me.
If you’re coming from Youtube, then you already know that I maintain a channel called The Second Story. There I post monthly video essays on the subject of storytelling and literary culture.
If you’d like to know a bit more about me, you can go here.
If you’re interested in joining my book club, you can find more information here:
In the meantime, if you’d like to read some of my essays, you can find them here.
You can read my poetry here.
If you’re interested in book lists and book reviews, you can find those here.
Here is my current TBR book list.
Here is my list of books read so far in 2026.
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I just came here after watching your video The Absolute Degeneracy of Modern Writing. You made such fantastic points and were so fun to watch. Your pauses and reactions to some of the points you were making matched my thoughts and I share your sentiment about the subject. I am happy to have found a fellow writer that would like to restore integrity literature. A strong story does not require the word starting with p and ending with n. 😊
You've mentioned Chesterton, so I am here.