BusinessI wrote a book for a mail carrier who flipped houses on the side and kept saying how easy it was. Contractors called him on his route, the book never got finished, and his biggest problem was that he didn't…
BusinessCouples would spend a fortune on a wedding and then try to hire the photographer for a couple hundred bucks. Here's why I don't do graphics, and what wedding photography taught me about pricing creative work.
Artificial IntelligenceWikipedia matters for AI search, and you can't write your own way onto it. Notability takes real independent press coverage, and the editor route takes months before anyone trusts you. I dropped it and went after earned press instead.
CybersecurityCloudflare's free plan runs a writer's website well for nothing. I started free, it worked, and then I bought pieces as I needed them. The free tier covers more than most writers need, and the pricing models to fear are…
BusinessI'll start on the code before I even have a strategy, and it has cost me rework I hate. These days I go bottom-up and top-down at the same time, on software and on books.
BusinessIn the late 1980s I spent six months in Las Vegas as project lead on the water district's SCADA system, flying home every weekend. I walked through casinos constantly and never placed a bet, and the contrast between those two…
Critical ThinkingWarner Bros. Discovery finished Coyote vs. Acme and buried it for a tax write-off, and only a sale to Ketchup Entertainment got it into theaters in 2026. Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt are still locked away, and every writer should…
CybersecurityI have four Alexa devices. The screen models push ads, they answer when nobody called them, and one took over a device I never connected. Here are the settings I'd change today and the rooms where a smart speaker never…
Critical ThinkingThe Jewish War by Josephus is one of my favorite books, and the translation you pick decides whether you finish it. Josephus wrote for the Romans who spared him, so trust his map and doubt his numbers.
Book MarketingBefore a book meant to sell gets written, check the Amazon categories it would live in. KDSPY and Publisher Rocket show what the top titles sell, how crowded the shelf is and how long the books run, and that decides…
Artificial IntelligenceWriting with AI isn't theft. The legal fight is over how AI companies trained their models, and those suits target the companies. Calling an individual writer a thief for using a tool is a rotten thing to do.
Artificial IntelligencePeople who restore or colorize old family photos with AI keep getting called slop merchants. Hollywood fought the same war over colorized movies. The fix is a label and the original, never a pile-on.
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