Behind the Book: The Birth of the Augmented Human
The Death of Thinking is the diagnosis and this is the answer, following the same twelve people down the path they did not take. The practices are small, they compound, and they are what I do.
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ADHDADHD Writing Handbook: Systems That Work With Your Brain
Most writing advice was built for one kind of mind. If yours works differently, that advice makes you feel broken instead of helping. This course treats a
Fiction WritingWriter’s Productivity Handbook
What stops you finishing is psychology, not talent. A brilliant idea stays worthless while it sits trapped in your head, held there by self-protection patterns
AttentionBefore 2014 I Spent a Thousand Hours a Year Watching Other People’s Work
They say they are too busy to exercise, too tired to cook, too overwhelmed to read, and too stressed to see friends. Then they watch Netflix for four hours.
Book MarketingFinishing Is a Separate Skill From Writing
Almost nobody stops writing a book because they cannot write. They stop at one of three predictable places.
ADHDEvery Marketing Book Assumed I Had a Normal Brain
Maintain consistent daily habits. Network regularly. Follow a systematic content calendar. I tried forcing myself into that mould for years and burned out every time.
DecemberNew Year’s Eve
New Year's Eve is December 31. Why the backward look matters more than the countdown, and how a writer should close out a year before the new one starts.
AI AdoptionThe AI Skills That Will Actually Matter in Five Years
Most AI skills lists are really tool lists, ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, and the tools turn over every six months. The human skills underneath do not. Here are eight capabilities that mattered more in 2026 than five years earlier, and that…
AIThe Other Path Does Not Announce Itself
An amplifier of thinking instead of a replacement for it. The difference is invisible from inside, which is why the wrong path is the easy one.
Book ReviewsAtomic Habits
Most writers fail not for lack of talent but because they cannot sit down and write on the days they don't feel like it. Atomic Habits is the best-organized book I know for that: systems over goals, habits that compound,…
Book ROI & Business CaseI Made $25,000 in a Year From Things in My Closet. Here Is What Changed.
A thousand items, twenty-five thousand dollars, one year. eBay has changed under sellers since 2003, and most of the advice out there describes a platform that no longer exists.
Book ROI & Business CaseThe Rose Parade Pins That Stopped Me Decluttering
I had the display case open and the pins counted. Then I checked what they were worth, and the arithmetic stopped me. Knowing when to stop is the part nobody teaches.