Five Things: December 19, 2024
“I approve of the bird in a trench coat.” Five Things for December 19, 2024
Five Things: November 21, 2024
“Gladwell has always been an overrated hack.” Five Things for November 21, 2024
Five Things: October 31, 2024
“Nothing good in tech lasts forever.” Five Things for October 31, 2024
Five Things: May 23, 2024
“Here I am.” Five Things for May 23, 2024
Five Things: April 25, 2024
“The road we took here is washed out.” Five Things for April 25, 2024
Five Things: January 4, 2024
“One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire.” Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Not-so-random pandemic thoughts on Author Platforms
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.
One year later, the problem with social media is clear: PEBKAC
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.
Five Things: November 30, 2023
“I’d pay good money to hear the whisper networks’ take on that.” Five things for November 30, 2023.
I don’t miss the office, I miss the people…
Like so many other things, the pandemic completely disrupted those social outings, but at no point did I ever miss getting on the train and going into an office every day… until I suddenly did. Kind of.