I got hooked on Dragons Den and Shark Tank recently. It’s a genuine reality show, but I identify with the poor contestants who agree to get their moment of fame at the risk of rejection and humiliation recorded for the world to see. Some freeze up, many of them forget…

Other writers have noticed it. I think Judy Derby wrote an article on it a few weeks ago, about how people she’s been reading were dropping out, sometimes giving notice to their readers, sometimes not. The saddest farewell is when a writer says goodbye, and nobody comments, which sums up…

It doesn’t instill confidence, I can tell you that. Most of the people I follow have in the low four figures of followers. Some have low five figures, and some are higher. I like reading what they think of and what they write, and only one or two have advice…

I’ve always had the illusion that writers have to devote at least some time to researching their articles here. Especially if some fact you highlight is a central point of your article. Well, my mistake. There was an article today about how white writers, male writers in particular, have had…

I got into my past this week with the series talking about my life in sales, how I wound up there, and why I write here for what is basically tips. Of course, if you have a lot of tip jars, aka stories, those nickels and dimes add up. The…