Daniel Paisner
@danielpaisner.bsky.social
novelist/ghostwriter/podcaster/beardo
Author: SHOW; BALLOON DOG; A SINGLE HAPPENED THING; MOURNING WOOD; THE BALL; OBIT
Co-Author: HEAVEN HELP US (John Kasich); UNFORGIVING (Lindsey Jacobellis); BLUE (Steve Aoki)
Host: AS TOLD TO
danielpaisner.com
Author: SHOW; BALLOON DOG; A SINGLE HAPPENED THING; MOURNING WOOD; THE BALL; OBIT
Co-Author: HEAVEN HELP US (John Kasich); UNFORGIVING (Lindsey Jacobellis); BLUE (Steve Aoki)
Host: AS TOLD TO
danielpaisner.com
Pinned
another merch-in-the-wild spotting - posted here in the neverending tush-push to promote my hardly-read 2022 indie novel about the bungled theft of a #JeffKoons #balloondog sculpture... woof!...
#writinglife #indiepress #indieauthor #fiction #artheist #darkhumor #shopindie #BookSky
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#writinglife #indiepress #indieauthor #fiction #artheist #darkhumor #shopindie #BookSky
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"Every book you have is a story of who you are and who you were when you acquired it. And who you became when you read it. It’s part of you, your present and your history. We may think we finish with #books, but they don’t finish with us." - #RogerRosenblatt
#BookSky
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#BookSky
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Opinion | Before You Toss That Book …
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Every book you have is a story of who you are and who you were when you acquired it. And who you became when you read it. It’s part of you, your present and your history. We may think we finish with #books, but they don’t finish with us." - #RogerRosenblatt
#BookSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
#BookSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
wherein #JeanneBritton, curator of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of South Carolina, suggests that the retelling of this #MaryShelly tale is itself "an act of reanimation."
#Frankenstein
@postopinions.bsky.social
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#Frankenstein
@postopinions.bsky.social
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Opinion | To appreciate new ‘Frankenstein’ creations, read the correct version
Even Mary Shelley rewrote her own work; two very different versions survive today.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wherein #JeanneBritton, curator of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of South Carolina, suggests that the retelling of this #MaryShelly tale is itself "an act of reanimation."
#Frankenstein
@postopinions.bsky.social
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#Frankenstein
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
a gut-punch to consider these #TheLivesTheyLived tributes in full - this year esp. with the recent losses that didn't make the #NYT deadline...
this #JillSobule essay is a particular heartbreak...
more from Jill on my #writing pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
this #JillSobule essay is a particular heartbreak...
more from Jill on my #writing pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Jill Sobule’s Fans Always Made Sure She Had a Place to Perform — and to Stay
After her label dropped her, supporters showed her she could still make it in music.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
a gut-punch to consider these #TheLivesTheyLived tributes in full - this year esp. with the recent losses that didn't make the #NYT deadline...
this #JillSobule essay is a particular heartbreak...
more from Jill on my #writing pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
this #JillSobule essay is a particular heartbreak...
more from Jill on my #writing pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Daniel Paisner
inspired by #AsToldTo podcast producer to share some of our favorite episodes of the year - but I'm diggin' our entire '25 output... why not listen to the whole catalogue?...
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
inspired by #AsToldTo podcast producer to share some of our favorite episodes of the year - but I'm diggin' our entire '25 output... why not listen to the whole catalogue?...
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
when is a podcast not a podcast?...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
when is a podcast not a podcast?...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
quite a lede... from the pen of the late #JaneGross...
#AnnetteDionne #RIP #DionneQuintuplets
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
#AnnetteDionne #RIP #DionneQuintuplets
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
quite a lede... from the pen of the late #JaneGross...
#AnnetteDionne #RIP #DionneQuintuplets
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
#AnnetteDionne #RIP #DionneQuintuplets
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
diggin' this @nytopinion.nytimes.com "year in lists" feature, w. contributions from #Opinion writers, but the #JessicaGrose entry ("Public Health Statements That Left Me Bereft") beats all...
"I'll take 'Gloom and Doom and Creeping Despair' for $2000, Ken."
#Lists
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
"I'll take 'Gloom and Doom and Creeping Despair' for $2000, Ken."
#Lists
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
Opinion | Opinionated Lists for an Overwhelming Year
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
diggin' this @nytopinion.nytimes.com "year in lists" feature, w. contributions from #Opinion writers, but the #JessicaGrose entry ("Public Health Statements That Left Me Bereft") beats all...
"I'll take 'Gloom and Doom and Creeping Despair' for $2000, Ken."
#Lists
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
"I'll take 'Gloom and Doom and Creeping Despair' for $2000, Ken."
#Lists
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
...And God Created Woman (1956) - Official Trailer
YouTube video by thecultbox
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December 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
well-played, @tobymorton.bsky.social...
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
#KennedyCenter
wwhttps//www.trumpke...
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
#KennedyCenter
wwhttps//www.trumpke...
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
well-played, @tobymorton.bsky.social...
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
#KennedyCenter
wwhttps//www.trumpke...
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
#KennedyCenter
wwhttps//www.trumpke...
Reposted by Daniel Paisner
meaningful chatter, from a gathering of ghosts...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
Episode 102: Gathering of the Ghosts 2025 - As Told To | iHeart
<p>Join podcast host Daniel Paisner as he moderates a panel discussion at the second annual <a href= 'https://gothamghostwriters.com/gathering-of-the-ghosts/' target= '_blank' rel='noopener'>Gathering...
www.iheart.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
meaningful chatter, from a gathering of ghosts...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
this should be fun...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Meet the TV Writer Who Bought Up the Domain After Predicting Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover
Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, has been cleverly buying up domains of mostly right-wing politicians, then satirizing their motivations, policies and the way power repackages itself.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this should be fun...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
say what you will about #OliviaNuzzi (go ahead, say it!); she writes like a fever dream:
"That I have made myself what others have determined to be Good Copy is a horror."
"A politician's greatest trick is to convince you that he is not one."
#AmericanCanto #books
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
"That I have made myself what others have determined to be Good Copy is a horror."
"A politician's greatest trick is to convince you that he is not one."
#AmericanCanto #books
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
American Canto
A mesmerizing firsthand account of the warping of Ameri…
www.goodreads.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
say what you will about #OliviaNuzzi (go ahead, say it!); she writes like a fever dream:
"That I have made myself what others have determined to be Good Copy is a horror."
"A politician's greatest trick is to convince you that he is not one."
#AmericanCanto #books
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
"That I have made myself what others have determined to be Good Copy is a horror."
"A politician's greatest trick is to convince you that he is not one."
#AmericanCanto #books
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
I Talked To 50 Dads At The Eras Tour
YouTube video by DARK WEB | Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel
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December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
but of course...
#PopTartsBowl @poptartsbowl.com #CollegeBowlGames #collegefootball 🏈
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#PopTartsBowl @poptartsbowl.com #CollegeBowlGames #collegefootball 🏈
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'Is it a real functional toaster?': Behind the scramble to engineer the Pop-Tarts Bowl trophy
How the internet's favorite bowl took things to the next level by making its trophy a kitchen appliance.
www.espn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ira Levin estate announces new book project...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ira Levin estate announces new book project...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
can't imagine that #marblearmrests would be all that comfortable...
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
can't imagine that #marblearmrests would be all that comfortable...
kudos to the NYT for calling a masquerade a masquerade... and kudos to #ChuckRedd for his principled stand...
#KennedyCenter
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
#KennedyCenter
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
kudos to the NYT for calling a masquerade a masquerade... and kudos to #ChuckRedd for his principled stand...
#KennedyCenter
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
#KennedyCenter
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
for your Boxing Day playlist...
meaningful chatter, from a gathering of ghosts...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
Episode 102: Gathering of the Ghosts 2025 - As Told To | iHeart
<p>Join podcast host Daniel Paisner as he moderates a panel discussion at the second annual <a href= 'https://gothamghostwriters.com/gathering-of-the-ghosts/' target= '_blank' rel='noopener'>Gathering...
www.iheart.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
for your Boxing Day playlist...
“There are many autisms.” - #NatalieSauerwald, a lead author of the @flatironinstitute.org and @simonsfoundation.org study...
#autism
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#autism
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New science points to 4 distinct types of autism
Scientists are redefining autism as a complex condition with multiple forms, challenging traditional notions.
wapo.st
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“There are many autisms.” - #NatalieSauerwald, a lead author of the @flatironinstitute.org and @simonsfoundation.org study...
#autism
wapo.st/4sjc7d2
#autism
wapo.st/4sjc7d2
so-called Christmas cheer:
"... we all heard him Truth, 'ere he retired for the night: 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly.'" - @karavoght.bsky.social
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"... we all heard him Truth, 'ere he retired for the night: 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly.'" - @karavoght.bsky.social
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’Twas the night before Christmas at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Here’s what happened.
Visions of “clean, beautiful coal” danced in the president’s head as he took calls from children curious about Santa’s location.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
so-called Christmas cheer:
"... we all heard him Truth, 'ere he retired for the night: 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly.'" - @karavoght.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
"... we all heard him Truth, 'ere he retired for the night: 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly.'" - @karavoght.bsky.social
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shame...
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
shame...
meaningful chatter, from a gathering of ghosts...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
Episode 102: Gathering of the Ghosts 2025 - As Told To | iHeart
<p>Join podcast host Daniel Paisner as he moderates a panel discussion at the second annual <a href= 'https://gothamghostwriters.com/gathering-of-the-ghosts/' target= '_blank' rel='noopener'>Gathering...
www.iheart.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
meaningful chatter, from a gathering of ghosts...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
#ghostwriting #writing #collaboration #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com www.iheart.com/podcast/263-...
inspired by #AsToldTo podcast producer to share some of our favorite episodes of the year - but I'm diggin' our entire '25 output... why not listen to the whole catalogue?...
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
inspired by #AsToldTo podcast producer to share some of our favorite episodes of the year - but I'm diggin' our entire '25 output... why not listen to the whole catalogue?...
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
on #ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
on #Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1NjQk9B...
@writersbone.com #books
this one's been atop our pod pal for one full week - our most downloaded episode yet across its first seven days!...
join the conversation!...
#ghostwriting #storytelling #collaboration #writinglife #books
join the conversation!...
#ghostwriting #storytelling #collaboration #writinglife #books
fresh chatter from the pod factory... (actually, it's repurposed chatter - but it's still good!)
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The latest episode of Daniel Paisner's ghostwriting podcast, As Told To, dropped this week, featuring a recording of the "Master Panel on the Collaboration Process" from the Gathering of...
The latest episode of Daniel Paisner's ghostwriting podcast, As Told To, dropped this week, featuring a recording of the "Master Panel on the Collaboration Process" from the Gathering of the Ghosts co...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this one's been atop our pod pal for one full week - our most downloaded episode yet across its first seven days!...
join the conversation!...
#ghostwriting #storytelling #collaboration #writinglife #books
join the conversation!...
#ghostwriting #storytelling #collaboration #writinglife #books