The Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas

Fresh Plans for Growing on Substack

A new phase begins with a new strategy

12 hrs ago • Thaddeus Thomas

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October 2026

The Protagonist Readers Won't Root For

And What to Fix First

Published on Notes on Writing a Novel • Oct 30

Is All Art Political?

Yes — But Please Don’t Use That Word

Published on The Republic of Letters • Oct 22

Keep the Reader in Pace with Your Character

A suggestion for incorporating slower moments in a fast-paced story.

Oct 8 • Thaddeus Thomas

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Bridging Quantum Weirdness and the World We Know

I made a bad hypothesis, and it led me to better understanding wavefunctions, entropy, and how the quantum world becomes the reality we live in.

Oct 1 • Thaddeus Thomas

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September 2026

Everything Wrong With Your Genre and What Must Be Changed If I’m to Read It

I won’t sleep if I don’t write this now.

Sep 26 • Thaddeus Thomas

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Deeper Stories: A Question of Character

Chapter 5: Approaching character building through the Jungian concept of the persona and the shadow.

Sep 24 • Thaddeus Thomas

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Feel the Blue Blossom Bloom

Flash Fiction: Sometimes, what we feel is beyond our capacity to express. (1200 words)

Sep 17 • Thaddeus Thomas

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Deeper Stories: The Nitty Gritty of Pretty Prose

Chapter Four in a book on the art of prose in fiction.

Sep 10

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Deeper Stories: Learn to Hear Your Own Song

Chapter Three in a book on the art of prose in fiction.

Sep 3

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August 2026

Deeper Stories: The Pratchett Draft

Chapter Two in a book on the art of prose in fiction.

Aug 27 • Thaddeus Thomas

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Quantum Gravity and the Cult of the Graviton

Why the graviton isn't the silly superstition I presumed it to be.

Aug 13 • Thaddeus Thomas

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