Writing Life

My 30-day experiment uncovered a disturbing algorithm finding — I’ve had a theory for over a year, but never put it to the test until now. Over the past 30 days I wrote one Medium story and let ‘er rip. I wanted to know if my theory was true. I hoped it wasn’t, because it would likely mean the…

“You have a fan” (you pitiful loser) — For entirely unclear “reasons”, Medium’s notification game has gone nuts. We’ve now got: someone else had the good taste to highlight something you had the good taste to have already highlighted there have been lots of claps and comments about your claps and comments, bravo shitbrick some deluded circus clown…

Is creating content for social media something you really need to be doing right now? — Earlier this week I made a decision regarding my creative projects. I normally do this on a yearly and quarterly basis but, just over one month into Q2 I realised I wanted to completely focus on a few particular projects. I’ve learned not to make these changes on a whim…

Move over, Milan Kundera — So you want to be a Top Writer? repeated the Fox to the room full of Asses. We don’t want to hear how you are making two dollars a day, stressed the Fox to the classroom of wide-eyed Asses. Honesty is boring and doesn’t bring the clicks and claps. Clearly…

It would probably be wonderful — Twitter questions are the best. Ever wonder if you are just going to be a one hit wonder? Being the clever guy — AKA a-hole — that I am, I responded: I’d settle for becoming a one-hit wonder and would happily leave the “just” out of it. :-) But, the…

A Beginner’s Guide To Become A Successful Writer — A Beginner’s Guide To Become A Successful Writer If you are reading this article then you are already a beginner writer or just have started writing some content. But don’t worry. Because you are reading an article about a person who himself was a bad writer 3 years ago. I…