Kill Your Darlings | Paul Bogaards | Substack

The Butterfly Effect

of Choosing Yourself First

Published on Layla’s Substack • Jan 30

The Persistence of Doubt

(and the first annual BPR "State of Trade Book Publishing Survey")

Dec 8, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

A Guest Post About the Business of Yore

(from a writer you'll want to follow on Substack)

Nov 6, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

On Amazon (briefly) and Panamerica Books

"The economics of selling single copies of books through a distributor to bookstores are deadly. It’s not a business. I’m a writer, and even I…

Oct 11, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

On Infidelity (and Seduction)

Oct 10, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

That we survived Covid, and being sent home, and then being called back, only to witness the demise of American democracy, is a lot to process.

Jul 23, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

5:08

The Chase, part one

Jul 16, 2025 • Paul Bogaards

Kill Your Darlings

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