Why Dictionaries Still Matter for Writers
A dictionary is not a spelling crutch you outgrew in school. It is the tool that separates a writer who means exactly what they say from one who reaches for the closest word and hopes. Here is why it is…
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FictionBad Writing Habits Worth Breaking: A Working Checklist
Falling into bad writing habits is easy; recognizing them is harder. Most writers know the obvious ones, but dozens of subtler habits creep in unnoticed. Here is a working checklist by category, with examples, so you can spot each one…
BusinessTales from the Digital Trenches: War Stories from the Early Days of Computing
Five young developers came to a dim restaurant for career advice, brimming with confidence about microservices and cloud-native everything, and had no idea what was coming. Forty years of IT disasters teach you about Murphy's Law and how fragile everything…
MemoirsFrom Castro’s Cuba to America’s Courtroom: The Remarkable Journey of Judge Alex Ferrer
In 1961 a Cuban family fled Castro with their one-year-old son, traded established careers for minimum-wage jobs in Miami, and that infant grew up to become a cop at nineteen, the youngest Circuit Court judge in Miami-Dade history, a death-penalty…
Book MarketingHow to Optimize Your Blog SEO: A Complete Guide for Authors
As an author you should create a blog to promote your brand, but without good SEO its value drops considerably. Here is a complete, tool-by-tool walkthrough: cost, setup, plugins, keywords, on-page and off-page optimization, and link building.
Critical ThinkingEcho Chambers: Why You Are in More Than You Think
Here is something nobody wants to hear: you are an echo chamber, from birth. Every human absorbs the beliefs of whatever environment they land in, and most never audit the software. Here is why you are in more echo chambers…
Book MarketingWhy TikTok Sucks: The Criticism, Backed by the Numbers
TikTok has captivated nearly 1.9 billion users, and critics argue it is built on shallowness, addiction, and surveillance. Here is a critical look, backed by the numbers and the research, at why TikTok earns the criticism.
Critical ThinkingFacing Hurricane Irma: 7 Lessons in Storm Survival
September 2017: the forecast confirmed Irma was coming straight for my corner of Florida, and we had days to get ready. I had ridden out storms before, but this one's numbers were ugly. Here are seven hard-earned lessons from preparing…
Book MarketingWhy YouTube Sucks: A Love-Hate Account (With the Numbers)
YouTube is the biggest video platform on the planet, and the more I use it, the more I mutter YouTube sucks. Copyright abuse, an algorithm designed to drive people crazy, and an AI slop invasion. Here is my honest love-hate…
Artificial IntelligenceUncanny Valley in Writing: What It Is and How to Use It
The uncanny valley is that crawl of unease at a face almost human but subtly wrong, named by Masahiro Mori in 1970. Prose does it too: text that nears human quality but misses leaves readers vaguely repelled without knowing why.…
CybersecuritySoftware Testing: 10 Things Most Teams Get Wrong
Testing is the hardest job in most IT departments and the place projects quietly die. After years in operations, the sheer lack of it still stuns me, shipped code that would not run, programs never tested at all. Real testing…
Book MarketingBusiness RadioX The Writing King Richard Lowe
In this Business RadioX conversation, I talk through how a book can showcase expertise, build credibility, and tell a story worth telling, for businesses and individuals alike. Drawing on 113+ authored books and 54+ ghostwritten, including two Kindle bestsellers, here…
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