Sam Anderson is back, 10 months later, discussing his 2020 pandemic writing life. We cover his Weird Al essay, his NBA bubble excursion, how closely observing something makes for a wonderful writing exercise, and! we reveal our extremely obvious One Wild Trick to getting everything done in life.

Show notes:

• Sam Anderson on Twitter
• Boom Town, Sam Anderson
• Descript, visual podcast editing
• “The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic”, Sam Anderson
• “What I Learned Inside the N.B.A. Bubble”, Sam Anderson
• The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth, Sam Anderson
• “Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy”, Sam Anderson
• “I Recommend Eating Chips”, Sam Anderson
• Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)
• A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
• Ursula K. Le Guin illustrated by t-shirt
• Audrey Lorde, “Anger is loaded with information and energy."

As always, a full transcript is available at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e02/