National Coloring Book Day: A Publisher’s Perspective on the Art Form
February 11, 2026
A publisher of 20 coloring books on what makes them work, why adults need them, and how real dancers became line art.
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FictionNon Sequiturs in Fiction: How Illogical Responses Build Character
February 11, 2026
I'm stressed about tomorrow. Did you know Mongolia has under three million people? That sideways reply is a non sequitur, and what reads as awkward in real life becomes a precision tool in fiction. A character who dodges the obvious…
BusinessBurn Your Bridges: What 33 Years in Corporate America Taught Me
February 11, 2026
I was raised never to burn bridges, so for 33 years I stayed in jobs long past the point I should have left, enduring toxic bosses to protect contacts I would never use. When I finally walked, almost no one…
GhostwritingGhostwriting Is Not Easy Money: Why Certifications Do Not Make Ghostwriters
February 11, 2026
Right now someone is watching a webinar promising a six-figure ghostwriting career, run by a presenter who got rich selling courses, not writing books, and the certification costs thousands. After 54+ client books and 113+ of my own, I can…
FictionWhy Your Characters Feel Flat: Psychology-First Character Development
February 11, 2026
Fill out the worksheet, assign the eye color and the favorite food, list three strengths and three weaknesses, and you get a character who is technically complete and feels like small talk with a stranger. Details are not the problem;…
WritingImposter Syndrome and ADHD: Writing 113+ Books With a Brain That Fights You
February 11, 2026
113+ books, 54+ ghostwriting projects, 12,000 words on a good day, and still some mornings a voice says I have no idea what I'm doing. It has been there through every book, including one that raised $30 million for a…
BusinessWriting Romance Books: What the Genre Actually Demands
February 11, 2026
Romance is the single largest category in commercial fiction, bigger than mystery and thriller combined, and it rewards writers who understand what readers actually want instead of what writers assume they want. Most advice misses that entirely. Here is what…
ObservancesThanksgiving Writing: History, Fiction, and the Family Pressure Cooker
February 11, 2026
Thanksgiving hands a writer everything at once: gratitude and guilt, warmth and dysfunction, food, family, and a tangle of uncomfortable history. It has fueled stories since long before it was a national holiday. Here is how books and movies have…
ObservancesSeptember 11th: A Writer’s Tribute
February 11, 2026
A personal remembrance of September 11, 2001, the day that changed everything, and why the stories from that day must continue to be told.
GhostwritingWhy Hire a Ghostwriter | What You Get and What It Costs
February 11, 2026
You built the company, lived the story, earned the expertise. You also know you are never going to write the book yourself, and that is not a failure; it is a clear-eyed read on your time. Here is exactly what…
WritingHow to Lead a Happy and Prosperous Life: From Someone Who Rebuilt His
February 11, 2026
I spent 33 years in technology, twenty of them at Trader Joe's, building a career that looked successful from the outside. Then at 53 I walked away from all of it. That decision taught me more about happiness than three…
CybersecurityTechnical Ghostwriting: When Your Book Needs a Writer Who Understands the Technology
February 11, 2026
Most ghostwriters come from journalism or creative writing. I come from 33 years inside the technology industry. When your book touches systems architecture, cybersecurity, or data infrastructure, you should not have to translate it for your writer. Here is what…