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Nick Mamatas on whether you can be a great writer.

Finally!

Salon stops wasting time on silly crap like culture and politics, and covers what matters:

Bacon!

Five other things to read

1. Suzanne Vega on her "two-hit wonder" status, as well as how "Luka" became a hit.

2. Poul Anderson demonstrates how English might read if it were more Germanic (ganked from matociquala).

3. Ken Jennings on "Roh-butt" vs "Roh-baht."

4. Jeff Vandermeer on writers and the Internet.

5. Finally, Christopher Butcher's second part of his Shape of the Manga Industry is as fascinating as the first one was.