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Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| June 26, 2025
I Don’t Think My Fantasy-Writing Friend Will Get My Literary Fiction: Am I the Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| June 12, 2025
My Workshop Friend Stole the Plot for a Story I Never Got Around to Writing: Am I the Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 29, 2025
I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 15, 2025
My Mean, Rich, Hot Ex-Friend is a Mediocre Literary Darling and I Hate It
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Being a Literary Asshole
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 1, 2025
Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Writers Are Assholes?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| April 17, 2025
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In Which a Couple of Actual Literary Assholes Make an Appearance
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Kristen Arnett
| April 3, 2025
Am I the Literary Asshole for Demanding More Semicolons in My Books?
By
Kristen Arnett
| March 20, 2025
There Are Too Many DAMN Commas in Books These Days: Am I the Literary Asshole?
By
Kristen Arnett
| March 6, 2025
Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Book Covers Look the Same?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| February 20, 2025
Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| February 6, 2025
Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 23, 2025
I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 9, 2025
I Loathe Very Online Writers: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| December 19, 2024
I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| December 4, 2024
My Good Friend’s Partner is a Terrible Writer and I HATE IT: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| November 14, 2024
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