by Danny Ballan | Jul 29, 2026 | Between My Lines
Here is a confession that will cost me nothing, because no one who needs to hear it is listening: I can survive a bad review. What I cannot survive, apparently with any grace at all, is a room that has quietly decided I was never in it. Let’s start there,...
by Danny Ballan | Jul 21, 2026 | Between My Lines
The Superstar Machine: How Fame Really Gets Made ( | RSS.com The Barista Who Should Be Selling Out Arenas There’s a specific kind of heartbreak that only happens in coffee shops. You’re waiting for your order, half-listening to the background music, and...
by Danny Ballan | Jul 16, 2026 | Between My Lines
So here is a question, and I’d like you to notice that I’m asking it out loud to a room that may or may not contain you: if I knew for certain that only a handful of people would ever read a word I wrote, would I keep writing? I want you to appreciate the...
by Danny Ballan | Jul 9, 2026 | Between My Lines
Let me get the disclaimer out of the way first, because apparently, in this particular conversation, we need one, and I’d rather hand it to you than have you spend the whole piece squinting at me and wondering whether you should call someone. I’m not...
by Danny Ballan | Jul 2, 2026 | Between My Lines
Have you seen the photo? You’ve seen the photo. Everyone has seen the photo. It is, at this point, less an image than a genre. The writer is seated at a slight angle, three-quarter profile, because full-frontal would be too confrontational and pure profile would...
by Danny Ballan | Jun 1, 2026 | Between My Lines
Quick question, no judgment: when you woke up this morning, what was the first complete sentence your brain encountered? Was it a thought of your own — something you were turning over from the day before, a piece of a dream, a small plan — or was it a notification?...
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