Blake Reichenbach
@heartblaker.bsky.social
"Caught in a swift current of shoulds, I struggled to get back to actually doing."
My messy story of balancing bookstore + writing, dealing with terrible distributors, and choosing creativity over optimization: www.howdycuriosity.com/p/lets-call-...
My messy story of balancing bookstore + writing, dealing with terrible distributors, and choosing creativity over optimization: www.howdycuriosity.com/p/lets-call-...
July 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Caught in a swift current of shoulds, I struggled to get back to actually doing."
My messy story of balancing bookstore + writing, dealing with terrible distributors, and choosing creativity over optimization: www.howdycuriosity.com/p/lets-call-...
My messy story of balancing bookstore + writing, dealing with terrible distributors, and choosing creativity over optimization: www.howdycuriosity.com/p/lets-call-...
From Cicero to Mandela to Twain to Noor Hindi– let's dive in to a question that's somewhat apropos for today: what is freedom?
July 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
From Cicero to Mandela to Twain to Noor Hindi– let's dive in to a question that's somewhat apropos for today: what is freedom?
Reverend Budde is even more amazing than I realized.
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reverend Budde is even more amazing than I realized.
I think I'm going to start treating my bookshelves like a Kanban board. One area for To Read, one for Read. In Progress is just walking around with me/ on my nightstand.
January 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think I'm going to start treating my bookshelves like a Kanban board. One area for To Read, one for Read. In Progress is just walking around with me/ on my nightstand.
Anita Bryant is dead. Do some debauchery in her memory.
January 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anita Bryant is dead. Do some debauchery in her memory.
Wait, does the single-digit-IQ-raw-milk-and-guns cult actually think forcefully annexing the Panama Canal and Greenland is a good idea?
January 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wait, does the single-digit-IQ-raw-milk-and-guns cult actually think forcefully annexing the Panama Canal and Greenland is a good idea?
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Merry Christmas and remembering George day x
December 25, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Merry Christmas and remembering George day x
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I was going to put the bat down and step away from the dead horse, but now that we've been quoted in the Guardian talking about the AI dingbats, I want to just say a couple of things about self-publishing and the value of $5,000.
November 26, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I was going to put the bat down and step away from the dead horse, but now that we've been quoted in the Guardian talking about the AI dingbats, I want to just say a couple of things about self-publishing and the value of $5,000.
Hi! AI product manager with a pending patent for ML technology here to say this is dumb. Don’t buy AI-written books. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... #writingcommunity #publishing
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Hi! AI product manager with a pending patent for ML technology here to say this is dumb. Don’t buy AI-written books. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... #writingcommunity #publishing
I recorded a podcast episode with Christina Lynch, the author of "Pony Confidential," and I CANNOT WAIT to release it. It was so good. At one point, I basically forgot that I was in professional interviewer mode and we were just nerding out about writing and craft. Truly a delight! #writingcommunity
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I recorded a podcast episode with Christina Lynch, the author of "Pony Confidential," and I CANNOT WAIT to release it. It was so good. At one point, I basically forgot that I was in professional interviewer mode and we were just nerding out about writing and craft. Truly a delight! #writingcommunity
I was shopping for wall art this weekend, and so much just looked soulless and generic. It made me wonder if it was made with AI. I wish publishers/ art vendors would publish if/how they use AI. I want real, human made art (so I bought some licensed Keith Haring prints)
November 18, 2024 at 3:45 AM
I was shopping for wall art this weekend, and so much just looked soulless and generic. It made me wonder if it was made with AI. I wish publishers/ art vendors would publish if/how they use AI. I want real, human made art (so I bought some licensed Keith Haring prints)
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This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
November 16, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
Underrated Impressive Skill: being able to skip breakfast. How do some of y'all do it? I ate breakfast, but it wasn't high enough in fats or proteins, and I currently have the shakes/ need to go make a quick tuna sandwich.
October 2, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Underrated Impressive Skill: being able to skip breakfast. How do some of y'all do it? I ate breakfast, but it wasn't high enough in fats or proteins, and I currently have the shakes/ need to go make a quick tuna sandwich.
Relatable writing memes are relatable.
October 2, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Relatable writing memes are relatable.
Does anybody have strong feelings about Shopify's native blogging tool from an #SEO or Content Management standpoint? I greatly prefer HubSpot's blogging tools, but I also want to streamline with a single platform approach 🤔
September 29, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Does anybody have strong feelings about Shopify's native blogging tool from an #SEO or Content Management standpoint? I greatly prefer HubSpot's blogging tools, but I also want to streamline with a single platform approach 🤔
I will never understand people who stay online all day just to stir up discourse™️
September 28, 2023 at 4:04 PM
I will never understand people who stay online all day just to stir up discourse™️
Books books books books books books books. You know?
September 28, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Books books books books books books books. You know?
Hey siri, how can I keep my current salary but not have a job and just spend my time at the gym, reading books, or playing video games?
September 27, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Hey siri, how can I keep my current salary but not have a job and just spend my time at the gym, reading books, or playing video games?
Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres is a must read for anyone in a product or business strategy role. It’s definitely in my Product Management Book of the Month Club (launching soon on howdycuriosity.com 😉)
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September 24, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres is a must read for anyone in a product or business strategy role. It’s definitely in my Product Management Book of the Month Club (launching soon on howdycuriosity.com 😉)
I’m not Mountain Dew Appalachian, but I am Season-the-heck-outta-some-cast-iron Appalachian.
September 24, 2023 at 2:11 PM
I’m not Mountain Dew Appalachian, but I am Season-the-heck-outta-some-cast-iron Appalachian.
I was so excited for this writing festival that I showed up a week early. Turns out, it’s next weekend. …well, at least the drive across the state this morning was beautiful.
September 23, 2023 at 1:22 PM
I was so excited for this writing festival that I showed up a week early. Turns out, it’s next weekend. …well, at least the drive across the state this morning was beautiful.
Spotify’s #AI DJ was like “let’s go back to what you had on repeat in 2018,” and I expected the vibe to be “oh yeah that was fun,” but it’s actually more of a “oh… I was unwell, wasn’t I?” 😂😅😅
September 22, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Spotify’s #AI DJ was like “let’s go back to what you had on repeat in 2018,” and I expected the vibe to be “oh yeah that was fun,” but it’s actually more of a “oh… I was unwell, wasn’t I?” 😂😅😅
If I fit, I sit.
September 22, 2023 at 3:48 PM
If I fit, I sit.