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
Category Archives: Writing
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
Books I have actually reread
I spent some time recently scrolling through Amazon’s list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. I love book bucket lists, even if I …Read More
Sources for stories: What have you outsourced?
In our attempts to use our time better, many of us figure out that we need to outsource some obvious things: house cleaning, perhaps. Lawn …Read More