What goes on in a writer’s head and why it matters on the page. Imposter syndrome, motivation, the fear that stops people from writing, and the mental habits that get a book finished. The inner game of writing.
Book CoachingAlmost every author who starts a book stalls at chapter 3, and the reasons are predictable while the fixes are specific. Here are the four root causes, structure, voice, motivation, and expertise, and the intervention each one actually needs. Most…
Overcoming Writing ResistanceWriter's block is not staring at a blank page; that is just starting. The real thing is wanting to write and being unable to keep anything you produce, drafting and deleting in circles. Here is what block actually is, why…
Overcoming Writing ResistanceInspiration does not improve your writing; practice does, and practice needs a system that holds up against deadlines, fatigue, and real life. Most advice treats output as a willpower problem, which is why most advice fails. Consistency is structural. Here…
resilienceRunning at 12,000 words a day has a price: a crash that can flatten you for days when you misjudge it. Most burnout advice treats it as a willpower problem, which it is not. It is structural, and it has…
Book CoachingI am writing ten books at once: five novels in progress, plus client work, coaching, and handbooks, producing up to 12,000 words on a typical day. I also have autism and ADHD together, the combination most people assume would make…
Book CoachingSet a writing resolution in January and you have likely broken it by March, because resolutions are gym memberships in disguise, all enthusiasm and no structure. The fix is not more willpower; it is goals instead of resolutions. Here is…
Book CoachingI built a pretend computer out of paper clips in kindergarten, already obsessed with how systems fit together. That obsession drove four decades of choices, from running tech for a $16 billion company to publishing 113+ books. Here is how…
For Executives & ProfessionalsI 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…
Book CoachingI have published 113+ books and write up to 12,000 words a day, and I also have ADHD that fights me on focus every morning. Every book got finished despite the obstacles, not in their absence. Here is what actually…
Book CoachingFor twenty years I ran technology for a $16 billion retailer and wrote seriously the entire time, building the body of work that became a ghostwriting career. You do not need to quit your job to write. Here is how…
bellydanceOne Facebook comment, and within hours hundreds of strangers were piling on, screenshotting, sharing, hostility for its own sake from people who had never met me. Deleting the thread changed nothing. Here is what online mobs across Facebook, YouTube, and…
Critical ThinkingWeWork rented desks. Its IPO prospectus claimed to elevate the world's consciousness. Scott Galloway called that gap yogababble, and the term stuck because everyone had seen it. The same inflation creeps into books when clients reach for credentials they have…
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