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Aug 3

I Wrote a Book About Writing. Then I Built Nine Things Nobody Asked For

Or: on building things instead of writing the hard thing

I Wrote a Book About Writing. Then I Built Nine Things Nobody Asked For

Deon C Visser

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Nov 3

Nobody Posts About the Middle of a Book

Wrong souvenir, 52 pages, three languages and a lot of doubt.

Nobody Posts About the Middle of a Book

Deon C Visser

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Sep 15

THE SECOND-HAND SHAME OF MY FIRST LANGUAGE

Fully bilingual. Half convinced my own language was a translation.

THE SECOND-HAND SHAME OF MY FIRST LANGUAGE

Deon C Visser

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Sep 6

THE FREEDOM OPERATING SYSTEM I COULDN’T FINISH

Here’s what was still standing once I stopped trying to save it

THE FREEDOM OPERATING SYSTEM I COULDN’T FINISH

Deon C Visser

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Aug 25

WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER GAVE MY MOTHER

Where the Silence Started, I think

WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER GAVE MY MOTHER

Deon C Visser

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Aug 21

WHAT MY FAMILY NEVER SAID

Inherited silence, and other animals.

WHAT MY FAMILY NEVER SAID

Deon C Visser

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Aug 19

MEET YOUR PROTECTOR

The boy who decided, at five, that crying wasn’t safe. He never left. He just got better at the job.

MEET YOUR PROTECTOR

Deon C Visser

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Aug 3

How Pixel & Pen Actually Started

Or: on productive procrastination and the things that finish themselves when you’re not looking

How Pixel & Pen Actually Started

Deon C Visser

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Jul 24

Lines from Blue Pen, Black Pen

Some of these lines are finished. I am not.

Lines from Blue Pen, Black Pen

Deon C Visser

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Jun 22

Nobody Is Going To Give You Permission

Reflections on hesitation, thresholds, and beginning

Nobody Is Going To Give You Permission

Deon C Visser

Deon C Visser

Most of my life I've been starting things. Now I'm finishing them. Author of The First Page & Blue Pen, Black Pen. Teacher. Writer. Builder. 🇿🇦 in 🇹🇭

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