This is where writers insert self-authored bios in the third-person as if they didn’t just spend fifteen-odd minutes thinking up a list of positive adjectives to describe their work. For instance: Andrew Stojkovich is a writer, editor, and researcher based in Chicago, Illinois. His work spans many forms and has been described as witty, ironic, and self-aware.

Andrew thinks these author bios are always laudatory, so they mean nothing. Because the bios never include fair or reasonable criticism. For instance, the critique volleyed at Andrew by his close friends and family: Andrew Stojkovich won’t let anything be. Or: Andrew Stojkovich is annoying. He hopes you don’t find his writing to be that way. But he doesn’t fault you if you do.

All we can be sure of is that his writing spans many forms.