Five Things: May 8, 2025
"The laziest cyberpunk future imaginable." Five Things for May 8, 2025
Commentary and advice on marketing, mostly for publishers (traditional and brands) and writers, but sometimes from a broader perspective.
"The laziest cyberpunk future imaginable." Five Things for May 8, 2025
"Make One Change" Five Things for April 17, 2025
"I'm actually a wargamer rather than a role-player." Five Things for March 6, 2025
One of the biggest reasons "AI" is gaining traction in marketing circles so quickly is most marketing is actually pretty bad already. Sorry, not sorry.
It's an unfortunate truth about books that it's never simply been about being a good writer, but as literal thousands of new books are published every month, marketability is arguably more important — and harder to define — than it's ever been.
I don't usually buy into "blame the user" for most problems, but our collective addiction to vanity metrics ruined everything, and even those who didn't buy into them have suffered the consequences. The problem exists between keyboard and chair.
"Be the change you want to see." Five things for April 27, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.