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Hey friends, I’m still chewing on all the great suggestions for newsletter topics from this subscriber post a week or so ago and today we’re tackling one of them: what’s an auction and how does it work? Tbh, I assumed I did this one already, and maybe I did in bits and pieces, but let’s talk about it all in one place here. An auction is one way a book can sell to an editor.

Thanks for reading the 21st edition of my sciatica newsletter. This newsletter tracks my research as I write a book about lumbar radicular pain! Today let’s talk about dermatomes. Dermatomes are a bit like special tests. They’re on every curriculum and in every textbook but they’re quickly falling out of fashion. Do they deserve the criticism? Dermatomes were first mapped out at the end of the nineteenth century by the great neuroscientist Sherrington.

On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes—you can find previous entries here—and this week I’m thrilled to be talking with Bennett Sims whose fantastic new collection, Other Minds and Other Stories, is out today. The stories in Other Minds are alternatively cerebral and visceral, dreamlike and contemplative, horrifying and humorous, but are always thought-provoking. If you are a fan of David Lynch, Thomas Bernhard, or Brian Evenson—or simply love eerie and philosophical short stories—I’d encourage you to pick up a copy.

Wembley Stadium in London will host the 2024 Champions League Final this Saturday. Roughly 90,000 fans will pack Europe’s biggest stadium, with ticket prices ranging from $1,900 for nosebleeds to more than $35,000 for a luxury experience. The winner will receive a two-and-a-half-foot-tall trophy and 40 gold medals, which they can hand out to whoever they want. Wembley Stadium has hired 2,500 stewards and invested $6.3 million in safety infrastructure improvements, mainly to avoid a situation like 2020 when 2,000 people illegally snuck into the Euro Final between England and Italy.

The Grow interview series is designed to share the nuts and bolts of how writers have gone independent and grown their audiences on Substack. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity. We invited the anonymous writers behind BowTiedBull to share how they’ve uniquely helped writers across categories launch and grow publications. BowTiedBull helps people earn more money by growing an internet-based business and investing in crypto, stocks, and real estate better.

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Clearco was co-founded in 2015 by Michele Romanow, Andrew D’souza, Charlie Feng, Ivan Gritsiniak, and Tanay Delima. They provide non dilutive capital, resources, and an expansive network to help founders grow and scale their business. They’ve invested $2B+ in 5,500+ businesses. They have products tailored for founders in all stages of their journeys, and give investments of $10K to $10M which are repaid via a revenue share agreement plus a 6-12% flat fee.

The subset of online men who revel in Savile Row tailoring and other traditional modes of dressing can be a stuffy bunch. Often, these gents are so tethered to the ideas of “proper” and their laundry list of “style rules” that they can come across as elitist (or at the very least overly sincere, a la “swag is for boys, class is for men”). But Damien Broderick is, echem, cut from a different cloth.