Most people in freelance writing measure business growth on one line: $0 <———> $100,000 Once you max out that line, you measure a new one: $100,000 <———>$500,000 But I've come …
The trouble with knowledge work
The trouble with knowledge work is that one day you realize you could continue this exact work session forever and new work would just appear to replace whatever you've gotten done. This might be …
SEO can make you a better writer
In a recent B2BWI webinar, Andy Crestodina made some waves by proposing that SEO can make you a better writer. That's stayed with me. The idea that something that might otherwise be a source of …
It’s not philosophy, it’s you
"Forget this, I'm switching my major to philosophy so we can just talk about all this stuff directly," he said in a huff. I don't remember his name, probably something like Tyler. And then he walked …
A strange garden
I've never felt completely at home in the business world. The pen? Born with it. The keyboard? Practically my first love language. But business... sending connection requests to people I don't know …
This is fine for now
One of the hardest things about creating right now has been accepting that "this is fine for now" for so many things I want to do. I am constantly comparing my harried, faltering efforts to to other …