Sean McDevitt is a professional copywriter, author, essayist, husband, father, and scrambled eggs maker. Not necessarily in that order.
Come on in. Pull up a chair. There's a new essay every Saturday about whatever got its hooks in me that week. 20 Questions is the fastest way to figure out whether we'd get along. The now page covers what I'm up to lately. And if you're wondering why a guy still keeps his own website in 2026, that's The Quiet Street.
Start anywhere. The essays are the long stuff, the notes are where I think out loud, and the books are what happens when I can't stop at 1,500 words.
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Latest essay · · 2 min read
Seen at Ten
I didn’t know who Marlon Brando was. I just knew the cool guy in white was Jor-El, which I knew from reading the comics. He didn’t look much like the guy from the comics, but I didn’t care. It’s a weird …
Recent Posts
- 100 Unanswered Questions The New York Times has more open questions than Jay-Z has problems. Back in October, the “gray lady” asked 100 scientists about unsolved …
- Star Wars Returns to Theaters The original Star Wars, now known as Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, will be 50 years old in 2027. To celebrate the anniversary, …
- Down 22 in Lubbock I was ready to call the game at halftime. Texas Tech led 49-29. Illinois had turned it over 11 times, and the Red Raiders took every …
- Not The People Seth Godin -- When an organization is struggling, it’s tempting for the boss to blame the team. I’m not sure the evidence supports this. …
- A Billion People Manton Reece -- If you read too many posts on X and maybe even Threads, you’ll start to think that the Anthropic vs. OpenAI race that is …
The Books
Written at the kitchen table, mostly after everyone else went to bed.
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Captured Ghosts
Fifteen short stories and ten personal essays that blur the line between the living and the lingering.
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Goodnight Princess
A bedtime story about a bedtime story, perfect for silly readers and little princesses alike.
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The Beautiful Kill
A noir-ish, first-person tale of seduction and death. Not for the kids.