I’ve found that most people who want to broaden their reading horizons are already very well-read. It’s definitely something that’s on my mind a lot. I want to sample everything. How can I be more creative? How can I have access to new models of thinking? How can I learn new things and push the boundaries my […]
10 Ways To Hustle Up Some Extra Cash Online
Are you in the early stages of your start-up? Maybe you’re just starting out as a writer and you need some extra cash for covers, editing, marketing, and all that stuff. Or maybe you’re a full-time student and just need some super simple ways to make money so you can buy beer and books. I got […]
Marketing I Love: Vision Direct
“Marketing I Love” is a series where I dissect what I love about companies that I personally use. I’m not a paid shill for any of these companies. I’m just a fan of great service and marketing and want to acknowledge and encourage it. When I’m in the UK, I always get my contact lenses […]
12 Habits That Might Just Save Your Life
Although statistically we live in the safest time in human history, this one fact still remains: the world is a dangerous place. Accidents are the number four leading cause of death in the U.S. What causes accidents? Carelessness. Complacency. Human error. The difference between death and survival is often a tiny little habit. One small […]
10 Tips That Will Instantly Improve Your Writing
Today is a very special day because I’m going to give you 10 tips that will instantly improve your writing. I say ‘instant’ because you can implement each of these tips right now and immediately improve your writing. It took me years to realise all of these tips. But here I am serving them up […]
10 Things To Do Instead Of College
How much are you really gonna learn by staring at a bunch of books, sitting in a lecture hall, and getting drunk on a Thursday night for 3 years? Been there, done that. I’ll give you the answer: not that much. Sure, you get what you put in, yada yada. I went to Oxford and […]
10 Ways You Can Be More Than Just A Writer
These days you’re dead in the water if you’re just a writer. This is especially true with self-published writers who have to run the whole show: promoting, marketing, designing, business-ing. There’s a popular saying that goes: ‘Jack of all trades, master of none.’ But now the best way to get ahead is to be the master […]
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received
“Too many manuscripts tell their stories with timidity. What’s needed instead are explosive bursts of divinity: explosions of insight, booms of self-revelation, scenes that flare open in the dark, prose that sizzles like sparklers.” Donald Maass on setting off fireworks in your writing Writing 21st Century Fiction I read this after months of tearing my hair […]
The Nobel Prize Book Challenge: 1 Laureate’s Work Every Month
How many books by Nobel Prize winners have you read? If you’re anything like I was a year ago, the answer is dismally low. So, in an effort to break out of a reading rut and feed my brain some healthy calories (mitigating the Netflix junk binges), I issued myself a challenge: Reading one work from […]
How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University
How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University is available to purchase in ebook form on Amazon (paperback coming soon). The advice in How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University will put you in the best position for securing interviews at Oxford, Cambridge, or any top university of your choice. The book is based on my […]