David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore, It’s already overcrowded with your dirty little war. —Mr. Prine 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Want to get a wildly delicious take on religion, and where our belief in God comes from so much of the time? Find out more in this OnlySky interview with me and intrepid journalist and satirist Becky Garrison. onlys.ky/the-past-and...onlys.kyThe past and future of an illusionFreud's thoughts on religion through a 21st-century deconstructionist lens. 000
Reposted by David MorrisElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund? 952223877747
Reposted by David MorrisZach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Really not a great time for launching something in Spokane called On Fire Ministries. 051
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Sort of a professional update from me. It's been five years since I started Lake Drive Books and Hyponymous Literary. Here's what I've learned. It's been some good stuff, and it doesn't stop, taking on a life of its own, and there's more to come. dvdmorris.substack.com/p/five-years...dvdmorris.substack.comFive Years In, I Think I Finally Know What We're PublishingImagining fuller ways of being human, refusing simplistic answers, making room for accountability, grief, curiosity, beauty, courage, and surprise. 011
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In our latest Publishing Disrupted, Mick and I get into three topics: 1) podcast publicity, 2) why the latest headline about author income collapsing deserves skepticism, and 3) why the physical, immersive reading experience still matters. publishingdisrupted.substack.com/p/facing-the...publishingdisrupted.substack.comFacing the Disruption with Honesty and Healthy SkepticismWe tried to distill some recent news and articles to see what's useful—and what's not. 010
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Who actually appears more respectful and caring here? Or in other words, who is acting more like a Christian—the one who is defending a belief or the one open to possibilities he’s spent a lifetime studying?" open.substack.com/pub/dvdmorri...open.substack.comIt Doesn't Matter if Jesus Rose from the Dead if Bart Ehrman Irritates YouA commentary on how Christians often have so much unconscious processing to do. 010
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Well done @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social So much of the US narrative is shaped by an evangelical gaze that sees what it wants to see. Thanks for this the reminders here of its projections. 021
Reposted by David MorrisLake Drive Books @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026From "Lost Faith and Wandering Souls," by @davidrmorris.bsky.social. 011
Reposted by David MorrisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Blood on our hands. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow the U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Have Damaged Schools and HospitalsThe Times has verified U.S.-Israeli strikes on at least 39 schools and hospitals, a fraction of the devastation so far. 46872347
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 08/04/2026No matter what part of the book publishing world you come from, Bob Hudson is someone you'll be delighted to meet--THE editor of a famous style guide book, longtime production editor, literature enthusiast, author, publisher, and spiritual thinker. open.substack.com/pub/publishi...open.substack.comThe Art of the Almost Said: A Conversation with Editor, Writer, & Publishing Poet Bob HudsonPublishing Disrupted | Episode 24 Summary 010
Reposted by David MorrisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way. 20097422948
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 04/03/2026For those in a faith deconstruction journey, my hope is that you’ll revel in Freud’s unsparing, ruthlessly honest discussion about religion. It’s a refreshing experience and essential reading. See more on my Substack linkinbio. 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 26/02/2026See the Lake Drive Books publishing page for more about us, some of the specific book ideas we'd like to see, and how to submit your book proposal: www.lakedrivebooks.com/publishing/ #MSWLlakedrivebooks.comInnovative Publishing of Spirituality Books | Lake Drive BooksAt Lake Drive, we publish spirituality books for readers who want to feel seen. We do this with a publishing model that coaches authors and pays them better. 021
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Our indie house is looking for committed nonfiction writers of essay collections, subject matter experts, contemplative thinkers who can appeal to the growing faith deconstruction movement. Must see the marketing of your work as an integral part of what you do. See next for how to submit. #MSWL 121
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 30/01/2026On this episode, Mick and I get into our own faith journeys. Between who we are as publishing people and our authors and their books, we are each influencing the other, and not pretending there’s neutrality. publishingdisrupted.substack.com/p/where-were...publishingdisrupted.substack.comWhere We’re Coming From: Our Faith DisruptionsA conversation about deconstruction, publishing, and finding new paths forward 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 12/01/2026So glad to have Jeff Elkins on Publishing Disrupted! We're joined by novelist, writing coach, and Dialogue Doctor founder @jeffelkins.bsky.social for an honest conversation about vocation, disruption, and creative reinvention. Listen wherever you get podcasts or publishingdisrupted.substack.com.publishingdisrupted.substack.comPublishing Disrupted | SubstackEditor Mick Silva and publisher and agent David Morris explore the ways in which book publishing is changing, and how writers can best meet the challenge. Click to read Publishing Disrupted, a Substac... 000
Reposted by David MorrisLake Drive Books @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Catch this @religiondispatches.org interview of LDB author Nia Chiaramonte by the intrepid Chrissy Stroop, @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social. Such a good conversation. Lessons for us all. You’ll definitely want to check out her book “I Hardly Knew Me”. religiondispatches.org/the-trees-do...religiondispatches.org'The Trees Don’t Care Who You Are' — From Evangelical to a Transgender AwakeningA week before Christmas—as so many had already begun to tune out the news and focus on holiday plans—the House passed two draconian anti-trans bills fueled by Christian nationalist hatred. So much for... 095
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Authors, publishing & exvangelical friends: we covered a lot in this recent Publishing Disrupted podcast with author @marlataviano.bsky.social. You can get the summary and video on our Substack post but listen wherever you get podcasts. open.substack.com/pub/publishi...open.substack.comAuthor Marla Taviano on How to Build a Career on Frog and Toad Art, Five Years of Daily Posts, and the Spirit of AbundanceAnd what do you do when the system spits you out? 021
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025They should be questioned, and in a meaningful way. Publishers need authors as business partners more now than ever before, and yet royalties have stayed utterly fixed. The time has come to modify the thinking. /4 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025That’s what we’re trying to do at @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social, and yeah, it can work. Mindset of abundance. In business and life, everything can be negotiated, but in the scarcity mindset of publishing today, royalty percentages are not. 3/ 100
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Publishers have too much overhead (partially due to investor and executive salaries), assume too much risk competing for high-profile authors, and can do a better job financially partnering with authors at all levels. 2/ 100
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I took a strong stance on this podcast about how, if authors want to start advocating for themselves, they should take a stronger stance on the issue of royalty percentages and focus less on advances. The argument for it is there. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/publishi...open.substack.comA Better Publishing Model? Why Higher Royalties Matter More Than AdvancesPublishing has been disrupted. There’s now a better way for the vast majority of authors. 130
Reposted by David MorrisLake Drive Books @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social · 04/11/2025“You can have self-worth WITHOUT relying on anyone else to give it to you?!” New on the Lake Drive Substack: a powerful guest post from Nia Chiaramonte, author of "I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening." lakedrivebooks.substack.com/p/reclaiming...lakedrivebooks.substack.comReclaiming My Body After Religion: How I Found Self-Worth Beyond the ChurchGuest Post from Nia Chiaramonte 011
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I don’t often write about my day job, but this week on Substack I did. It's about the amazing new people who joined together at @hyponymousliterary: Audrey Farley, Ivy Zeller, and lenny duncan. open.substack.com/pub/dvdmorri...open.substack.comA Moment About the People at My Day Job (and Why I Started Hyponymous Literary)Asking the deeper questions about who we are and how we live. 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Don't be one of those people who stick their fingers in their ears and go "na na na na na na na . . . " 010
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Our latest on the Publishing Disrupted podcast. It’s the Christians vs. the Coastal Elites! open.substack.com/pub/publishi...open.substack.comHighbrow and LowbrowWhy the book categories don't always serve avid readers 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 22/10/2025"With liberalism, with so much historical mixing of cultures, with the way one religion in particular was and is used as a cudgel for supremacy, it’s not hard to agree that we lack robust, colorful, textured, rich-tasting traditions in the US." open.substack.com/pub/dvdmorri...open.substack.comFreedom Without Belonging: The American Spiritual PredicamentSpiritually speaking, in the United States, we are screwed. 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The podcast in which I talk about how if you didn't go to church in the 1600s colonies, you would get fined 50 pounds of tobacco. (from reading Everyday Life in Early America by David Hawke). @brchastain.social @rsokamoto.bsky.social @micksilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/70UE...open.spotify.comSpotify – Web Player 021
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025correction: co-founder of Ink and Root Collective with the amazing @rsokamoto.bsky.social 010
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025What happens when publishing becomes less about chasing platforms and more about building genuine communities? That’s the question at the heart of this week’s episode of Publishing Disrupted, with our guest, Rohadi Nagassar. publishingdisrupted.substack.com/p/ink-root-a... @rohadi.compublishingdisrupted.substack.comInk, Root, and Liberation: Rohadi Nagassar on the Power of Collective CreativityAnother Episode of disrupting on the Publishing Disrupted podcast 120
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025“'It was the joy of watching people discovering books,' David said. No algorithms. No targeted ads. No social media campaigns. Just the simple, powerful attraction a reader feels to encountering something unique or offbeat that speaks to them." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Joy of DiscoveryPodcast Episode · Publishing Disrupted · 09/03/2025 · 54m 020
Reposted by David MorrisLake Drive Books @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2025We’re only one week into our Holy Disobedience Kickstarter and we're already one third funded! Join us! Your participation counts. See link in bio. Or head over to: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lak... @theglorywhole.bsky.social @davidrmorris.bsky.social 022
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Watch this on YouTube and the link is in the notes. This is a blow your socks off story and so well expressed. It shows that faith deconstruction is like going through an exorcism. With the big release on the other side. But then what. 020
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Please consider joining. You have no idea how much your help tips the scales. Our publishing model breaks molds in more ways than just the financial model. But that counts very much so. 020
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 11/08/2025"We read a lot, maybe too much. And that probably makes us both very sexy and terrible judges of this old publishing trope that men don’t read books." open.substack.com/pub/publishi... 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 31/07/2025This is it exactly. Prioritizing “the great commission” makes Christianity and especially its American evangelical form supremacist. We must deal with this. If we do, then that’s good spirituality, however defined. There’s so much to this. 0299
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 31/07/2025“The Department of Homeland Security isn’t writing a new chapter in the White supremacist playbook but highlighting the familiar practice of White-washing our history.” -Sara Moslener religiondispatches.org/dhss-homelan... @religiondispatches.orgreligiondispatches.orgDHS's 'Homeland Heritage' Campaign Highlights Danger of Innocence Myths of a White Christian AmericaAs a habit I don’t follow the social media of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It’s a scroll of nationalistic propaganda and exaggerated warnings about criminal aliens, a set of lies that at... 023
Reposted by David MorrisChrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Here’s part two of my essay on healthy and unhealthy approaches to spirituality, with Marianne Williamson serving as a prime illustration of the latter www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/what-const...bugbeardispatch.comWhat Constitutes Healthy Exploration of Spirituality?Part II: Avoiding Authoritarianism and Embracing Autonomy 25814
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The latest from our publishing podcast. This is one of my favorite podcast titles ever. open.substack.com/pub/publishi...open.substack.comThe Mainstream is Dead. Long Live Unique Tribes!Why finding your “1000 true fans” is a disruption to embrace—in all the ways that feel right to you. 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 03/07/2025"Perhaps it was the Puritans who helped us develop a deeply ingrained, sacred narrative and all its expressions and built-in associations. They formed the American mindset of religious fanaticism and separatism into our very cultural DNA." dvdmorris.substack.com/p/deconstruc...dvdmorris.substack.comDeconstructing the Unconscious Faith of a NationOr, How Many Implicit Associations Does It Take to Become an Evangelical? 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Senseless gridlock and soulless orthodoxy just appeared in my mind at the same time. This is what I’m dealing with. 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Theres a bestselling American book out now where the title is wrong on the spine. Probably fixed on reprint. As a publisher, this happens more than most realize. 130
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Just two publishing friends trying to work it all out. Join in, and if you do, would you please offer an honest rating? So grateful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... 000
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 24/06/2025A little work update that I'm super stoked about! We’re delighted to welcome Audrey Clare Farley to Hyponymous Literary as a literary agent! Audrey is a writer, editor, scholar, and the author of the critically acclaimed books The Unfit Heiress and Girls and Their Monsters. 000
Reposted by David MorrisLake Drive Books @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2025From "Lost Faith and Wandering Souls" by @davidrmorris.bsky.social 011
David Morris @davidrmorris.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The idea of studying the flaws of Jesus as presented by the biblical writers is and should be a fascinating topic, enlightening, soulful, spiritual. 091
Reposted by David MorrisChrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025If you don’t think Christian privilege is real or a pervasive problem, just mildly criticize one of the many problematic things Jesus said or did in the gospels. Then step back and brace yourself for the 87 people who will immediately pop up to shout you down in defense of his honor 1031770230