Michael Pershan
mpershan.bsky.social
Michael Pershan
@mpershan.bsky.social
math teacher, writer

substack: pershmail.substack.com
website with links to publications etc: michaelpershan.com
Also I think draws some helpful lines between America's wars and Israel's war on Gaza. Some special ops guys describe their nighttime raids as "mowing the grass" -- striking because that's exactly Netanyahu's line on the periodic bursts of war over the past twenty years.
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
There's something here, I think.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It's the challenge of using explicit knowledge to develop implicit knowledge.
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I think probably I just suffer more.
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
BUT I SUBMITTED MY LAST ONE LAST NIGHT
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My track record of eventually fixing these things and getting them published is decent but.................at what cost
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Like maybe what's populating my computer is not the most recent draft of a work in progress but a bad finished story.
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"I've recovered (SLAM) from fourteen different (SLAM) concussions (SLAM) here are my tips (SLAM) for running headfirst into a brick wall (SLAM)."
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I've thought it would also be cool if every novel came with a bonus story at the end from some other writer.
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
:)
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Eek, having one of these reactions! But thank you for reading and remembering it!!
bsky.app/profile/anni...
writing is so funny because you think wow I hope people read this thing I made but also oh no what if people read it
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM