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I write stories, some of them for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.
I’ve also written five self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters like getting dressed, cleaning house, and feeding your friends.
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When you die far from home
An abandoned Australian outback town. Pulled by four skeletal horses, the ghost of a Cobb & Co carriage careens down the street. A light breeze blows red dust from one side of the road to the other.
Li Quan is far from home. The last person in town. Grows vegetables. Feeds cockatoos.
When he dies, who will collect his soul?
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This blog explores the question of what makes a life worth living. I think it comes from getting good at things that matter, or in the philosophical sense, developing virtue. It’s not an esoteric or analytical investigation (though I might occasionally use big words); it’s just me, trying to figure out why I get out of bed.
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