Boring Day

A very boring and unremarkable day today. Wish I had more exciting stuff to report for you. Finished Ray Edward’s book, Copy That Sells. Fell asleep on the couch watching YouTube…#gettingold LESSON LEARNED: Edwards talks about thinking of copywriting in the...

An Exciting and Scary Day Today

I did two podcast interviews today. One was on the Lawyerpreneur Podcast with Jeremy Richter. The audience is lawyers who want to be more entrepreneurial. Very fun to talk to that crowd. We talked about productivity and creative entrepreneurship. Second podcast I did...

We Need to Have a Chat

Folks, COVID-19 is getting out of control. Please take care of yourselves. Here in Des Moines, the hospitals are at 100% capacity. Really scary to think about all those people who need help from car accidents, house fires, cooking accidents, dog bites, etc. needing...

Another Solid Day Today

Started the day with another speaking gig. I spoke to the lovely people at REWRITE London, a nonprofit that runs creative writing courses for black women and women of color. I did an introduction to Scrivener and covered the “greatest hits.” You can watch the video...

Coming Back

A little bit better of a day today, though crazy busy. I spoke at this year’s annual Writer’s Digest Conference, and the talk went very well! The folks at Writer’s Digest always run good conferences. I’ll be able to share the talk in the future. Immediately after...

Another Miss Today

I blame it on the US election and nerves. I’m also giving my speech at Writer’s Digest tomorrow so I had to practice that. However, tomorrow at 11:15AM Central Time I’m also doing my next power hour, and I’m being joined by Dale Roberts. Watch here:...

Swung and Missed Again Today

Crazy day at work that derailed most of my day today. I’ll be sitting down after this to do some marketing work, but nothing to report tonight. No updates again tonight but tomorrow is looking much better. Just goes to show you that even someone insanely productive...

Had to Take a Sanity Break Today

I don’t normally take many days off, but today was one of them. In fact, this may be the first day in seven years that I just said “screw it, I’m not working today.” I got nothing for you, y’all, other than to wish you well. But I’m not breaking my streak. I’ll be...

The World Lost Another Great Writer This Week

This is a terrible year for losing writers. I heard about the passing of bestselling author Rachel Caine yesterday. RIP, Rachel. THE DAY TODAY With the election going on, I made a decision to get all my writing work done early, as I expect to be up quite late watching...

Things Are Clicking

Very important question at the end of this post that I want your opinion on. Anyway, today was a wild day. First day of a new job, and in many respects, the start of a new career. Up until now, I’ve relied on being a subject matter expert. Worked really well for me as...