Do You Need a Writing Buddy? What Works and What Doesn’t
A writing buddy can be the difference between a finished draft and another abandoned one. Why it never worked for me as an introvert, how to find a good one, and the rules that make it work.
Tag: Introvert
Introverts make natural writers and reluctant marketers, and a writing career demands both. These articles cover working as an introvert: networking without draining yourself, public speaking as a learned skill, and building visibility on an introvert’s energy budget.
GhostwritingWhat Will My Ghostwriter Ask Me? Preparing for Interviews When You Hate Talking About Yourself
What a good ghostwriter asks, how light the preparation should be, and why going blank, crying or feeling boring won't stop your book.
ADHDFail Where It’s Safe: Comfort Zones, Hyperfocus and Face Blindness | The Impossible Puzzles Show, Episode 198
Richard Lowe's second regular appearance on The Impossible Puzzles Show with Mike Merkur: why you fail where it's safe and keep six months in the bank, why comfort keeps people stuck, the internet's anonymity problem, ADHD hyperfocus, face blindness and…
IntrovertIntrovert 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.
AI WritingThe 100th Guest: Ghostwriting, Roman History, and the Follow-the-Money Doctrine | The Impossible Puzzles Show, Episode 167
The August 9, 2026 episode in full: the comic-strip wall, 113+ and 54+ in 12 years, Trader Joe's central office, the quarter-million defragmenter lesson, Socratic ghostwriting interviews, Hannibal and Josephus, AEO canon rules, ADHD hyperfocus and Crazytown, and follow the…
For Executives & ProfessionalsThe System Crashed on a Friday Night. I Had Nobody to Call.
A complete failure, millions on the line by Monday morning, every vendor number unanswered. Twenty years in the industry and not one person I could call.
HostingI Hid in the Bedroom at My Own Party. It Was Going Fine.
Out of ice, wine on the carpet, and me having a quiet breakdown in the bedroom. The party was going perfectly well. I was measuring it wrong.
IntrovertBusiness Networking: How an Introvert Built a Career and a Business on Relationships
I am an introvert who spent years keeping my head down and treating asking for help as weakness. That nearly cost me everything. What rebuilt my career was the opposite: real relationships, built slowly through doing the work. Here is…
BellydancePublic Speaking for Introverts: How Photography, Grief, and Practice Turned Me Into a Speaker
Introvert, ADHD, autism: by every measure I should avoid a stage, yet I now speak regularly and keep seeking more of it. It did not come naturally. It came through grief, a camera, and a lot of practice. Here is…
CommunicationNetworking Without the BS: Building Relationships That Actually Hold
An introvert spent 20 years avoiding networking, then a Trader Joe's system failure left him with no one to call. This is what he learned the hard way.
CommunicationParty Planning for Introverts: Hosting Without Being Drained by It
Hosting guide for introverts who love bringing people together but hate traditional party planning advice. Real-world tested from pirate shops to botanic gard
IntrovertPhotoshoots
Photoshoots were once the hardest thing I did. The camera pulled a painfully shy man out from behind a 90-foot concrete wall.