For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
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Wacky Writing Idea #5: An Anti-Romance Novel
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Wacky Writing Idea #4: Birthright meets A Song of Fire and Ice
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Machine Learning Is The New MBA
Years ago businesses noticed that graduates from Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs had a toolset that was unusual and useful. These graduate programs were producing people distinct from general undergraduate business programs, in that they had a good understanding of general business principles applicable throughout an organization, combined with analytical techniques that could be […]
Wacky Writing Idea #3: Orkonomics Meets Pete Holmes’ Crashing
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Writers Building Their Mailing List With StoryOrigins
I’ve previously written comparing StoryOrigins to other, related services like BookFunnel, Prolific Works, and BookSprout. In this post, I wanted to do a deeper dive talking about what StoryOrigins actually is and how writers can use it to help sell books. Despite the man behind the site, Evan Gow, writing an extensive explanation of every […]
Wacky Writing Idea #2: Sci-Fi Universe Where All The Alien Races Just Recently Entered Space
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to […]
Wacky Writing Idea #1: Authoritarian Hogwarts
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to […]
How To Take Advice When Starting As A Writer
Being the type of person I am, I’ve read a number of books, articles, and blogs with writing advice. I’ve gone to writing meetups, joined appropriate online communities, and sought out interactions with other writers. There’s an avalanche of advice for writers, with great enthusiasm from both the people asking the questions and offering the […]
Many Software Developers Are Underpaid
Young people are flooding into computer science programs. Working as a software developer, or tech worker generally, is seen as an easy path to a high salary. In spite of this, it’s clear that above-average software developers are underpaid compared to the value they bring to organizations. The range in productivity of developers is HUGE. […]