Internet Trolls: How to Recognize and Handle Them
Internet trolls exist to provoke and disrupt, not communicate. Here is what attracts them, how they operate, and why you cannot win by engaging.
Category: Writing
Craft articles covering the fundamentals of effective writing, from sentence-level technique to manuscript-level structure. Draws from experience as a professional ghostwriter with 54 books and a fiction author with dozens of novels, providing practical instruction grounded in daily professional writing practice.
WritingCell Phones vs. The Real World
We have become hypnotized by small glowing screens, tuning out driving, conversation, and the world. Here is what it costs and how to put the phone down.
WritingIntrovert or Extrovert: How a Camera Changed My Life
I spent most of my life as a deep introvert, and grief pushed me deeper. What pulled me back out was a camera. Here is the story, and what it taught me.
WritingFailure Is Success: What a Lifetime of Failing Taught Me
I have failed constantly, and learned that failure is success. The failure is never the problem; what you do with it is. Here is what a lifetime of failing taught me.
BusinessWhat Does a Ghostwriter Really Do?
A ghostwriter does far more than type your words. Here is the real scope of the role, what it costs, and the honest question behind putting your book off.
BusinessWhy Every Expert Should Write a Book
A book is the most durable way to turn your expertise into authority and leave something that outlasts you. Here is why executives write, and how the process works.
BusinessWhy Most Writers Never Get Paid
Talent is not what separates writers who get paid from writers who do not. Here is what really moves the needle, from voice and story to selling your work.
BusinessHow Writing Builds Career Authority
Writing is one of the most reliable ways to stand out, pivot careers, and build authority. Here is how the professionals who get noticed tell their story on purpose.
WritingHow Writing Builds Growth and Emotional Intelligence
Writing is one of the most effective tools for personal growth, emotional intelligence, and clear thinking. Here is how putting thoughts on paper changes you.
BusinessWhy Your Website Copy Is Costing You Customers
Your website copy and content are the foundation of your online presence, and most of it is quietly costing you customers. Here is how to write words that convert.
WritingBehind the Book: Dungeon
In 1981 I fell in love with a text game called Dungeon, the predecessor of Zork. Forty years later I turned it into a novel. Here is why, and the decision that saved the book.
WritingBehind the Book: The Eternal War
The Eternal War started with one question: what happens when an AI goes to Hell? Not a person with a soul, but a machine that cannot find the pattern in eternal punishment.