This week’s articles; what I’m working on
My interview with Sylvia Ann Hewlett ran at Fast Company this week. I also interviewed Keith Ferrazzi on how to transform online connections into real ones. For …Read More
Category Archives: Writing
The lure of lazy writing
Read a lot of women’s magazines, and you start to notice something. A lot of articles start with first person anecdotes. Our writer has been …Read More
Sources for stories: Doing what you love, and making money doing it
We are having a wonderful time in the Netherlands, and I'll do a full write-up of the week when we get back. In the meantime, …Read More
Drafts and process
I finally started cranking out the rough draft of Mosaic this week. I wanted to get a sense of the data before I started writing, …Read More
Life is not lived in epiphanies
The human brain loves stories. It may be how we have evolved to store information. Language developed before literacy, and in order to convey ideas …Read More
Review #3 — Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less, by Joseph McCormack
There is an irony to this book. Joseph McCormack, the founder and CEO of Sheffield Marketing Partners, knows that. Lest you think you are the …Read More
Sources for stories: Night owl productivity
I'm interrupting this week of book reviews to ask for sources for another Fast Company post. I'm writing about productivity for night owls. Much of …Read More
A hodgepodge post: Gap year sources, Fast Company links, a worksheet
My brain is too fried from counting Excel cells to write an essay right now. Instead, I have a motley mix of things to cover …Read More
Sources for stories: great internships
Hello all - I'm doing a post for Fast Company on how to make good use of your interns. I'd love examples of creative use …Read More
Writing drills
I’ve been watching a lot of Olympics coverage. I also recently reread A Sense of Where You Are, John McPhee’s profile of Bill Bradley when …Read More