[TfTi] No Thesaurus? NO WAY, Stephen King!
Stephen King claims, “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.” Nonsense, I say. What do you think?
It’s All About Thinking Outside the Box – Or Is It?
Who’s tired of hearing, “Think Outside the Box?” I am. It’s become rather a cliché and has little meaning today. Whenever I see it or […]
Reading Will Improve Your Writing, But How to Fit It In?
Advice from famous authors, backed up by recent science, tells us that to write well, we must be readers. Reading tips for busy authors.
Why is Show Don’t Tell So Damn Hard!?!
Show, Don’t Tell is often the monkey on our back as writers. When we receive a note from an editor on a story we’ve sent […]
Happy New Year & My Birthday Gifts to You
Today is my birthday. And now I’m seventy-four. Does reading those words make lines from a couple of Beatles songs, When I’m Sixty-four and Birthday, […]
[Marginalia] Imperfection as the Strength of a Work
In this re-thinking of an item I wrote several years ago, we’ll examine some reasons you should embrace imperfection in your work.
Marginalia: The Power of Paradox and Fiction as Truth
A paradox mindset helps creativity, teamwork, leadership, self-efficacy, perspective, and resilience; and how fiction shows us truth.
Marginalia: AI, self-driving cars, and the delusion of perfection
Marginalia: on Matthew Crawford’s book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. It might not be apparent from the title, but the two themes that keep jumping out at me are the dangers in our headlong rush toward applying AI to everything and the problem of perfectionism.
27 Inspirational Quotes to Motivate You Into Writing Your Book in 2024
I am a big believer in poetry. It’s so much more than a few rhyming words strung together in a lilting way.
Cave Dweller to Counsellor? Oh, the Stories We Tell!
In this edition of Marginalia, we’ll be digging into some of the lessons – and mysteries – from our earliest ancestors as they developed the ability to tell stories. And consider how that evolution may guide us in telling our own stories about ourselves and our businesses.
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